Wildfire Disasters Surged in the Past 10 Years, Study Shows

A new study published in the journal Science shows that 43% of catastrophic wildfires have occurred over the past 10 years, with damage peaking in 2018 at five times the 44-year average, totaling $28.3 billion globally, with half of all 43 fire events that caused $1 billion or more in damage since 1980 occurring in the last decade alone.

Wildfire Disasters Surged in the Past 10 Years, Study Shows

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