A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.
The National Weather Service warned of the conditions that would later spark the Palisades other Southern California fires.
Washington state and Colorado have also recently moved to address fire risk in their communities ... lawmakers in Washington state ordered the creation of a statewide wildfire risk map, and in 2023, ...
FEMA's index calculates wildfire risk based on a community's expected annual fire losses ... Beyond metropolitan areas, FEMA maps show high-risk places in states not typically associated with ...