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Facts and Statistics: Wildfires

August 2019
Insurance Information Institute
Insurance Information Institute
This online resource provides a comprehensive overview of wildfires in the United States, including the documentation of the most destructive fires by year and graphics analyzing the impact that wildfires have on a state and national level. Read More →

California Wildfires: New Records Set by 2018 Fires

November 2018
Luis Gomez
The San Diego Union Tribune
This article describes the devastating effects of the California fires in fall 2018. At the time of publishing, the fires had burned 210,603 acres of land, destroyed 7,072 homes and structures, and led to the evacuation of 265,000 individuals.Read More →

Anthropogenic Forcings and Attributed Changes in Fire Risk in Western North America and Australia During 2015/16

January 2018
Simon F. B. Tett, Alexander Falk, Megan Rogers, Fiona Spuler, Calum Turner, Joshua Wainwright, Oscar Dimdore-Miles, Sam Knight, Nicolas Freychet, Michael J. Mineter, Caroline E. R. Lehmann
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
This study finds that for 2015/16 that human influences quintupled the risk of extreme vapor pressure deficits (VPD) for western North America and increased the risk for extratropical Australia. Read More →

Future Changes in Event Attribution Methodologies

January 2018
Peter A. Stott, Nikos Christidis, Stephanie C. Herring, Andrew Hoell, James P. Kossin, Carl J. Schreck III
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
This report covers a range of events, including rain storms, droughts, tropical storms, and wildfires, as well as heat waves. Read More →