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‘Stripped of Everything,’ Survivors of Colorado’s Most Destructive Fire Face Slow Recoveries and a Growing Climate Threat

The winter wildfire destroyed communities, family mementos and senses of safety. Now, many who lost homes are finding insurance won’t pay enough for them to rebuild.

Story and Photos by Melissa Bailey

Sierra Crean, 16, holds her sister Colby, 15, outside their Louisville home. They lived in Louisville with their parents, Tim and Joanna, and two dogs, Ozzie and Jackson. Now, when Sierra has hard days, she misses home. She used to babysit kids in the neighborhood, but now she rarely sees them. "This is the only home I can remember," she said. Now "it's like a distant place you didn't know."

Emergency crews battle a wildfire on April 19, 2011 in Strawn, Texas. Credit: Tom Pennington/Getty Images

Texas’ Wildfire Risks, Amplified by Climate Change, Are Second Only to California’s

By Delger Erdenesanaa, The Texas Observer

What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?

By Liza Gross

Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ From Wildfires Set to Soar

By Bob Berwyn

Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield

By Bob Berwyn

Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters

By Liza Gross

Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years

By Bob Berwyn

Colorado’s Suburban Firestorm Shows the Threat of Climate-Driven Wildfires is Moving Into Unusual Seasons and Landscapes

By Bob Berwyn

How Much Did Ancient Land-Clearing Fires in New Zealand Affect the Climate?

By Bob Berwyn

A firefighting helicopter flies past smoke plumes after making a water drop during the Dixie Fire on Aug. 18, 2021 near Susanville, California. Credit: Patrick T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

Dangerous Air: As California Burns, America Breathes Toxic Smoke

By Alison Saldanha, Farida Jhabvala Romero, Caleigh Wells and Aaron Glantz

Burned olive trees in Northern Evia on Aug. 27, 2021. Credit: Moira Lavelle

The Fires That Raged on This Greek Island Are Out. Now Northern Evia Faces a Long Road to Recovery

By Moira Lavelle

Fires Fuel New Risks to California Farmworkers

By Liza Gross

Warming Trends: Indoor Air Safer From Wildfire Smoke, a Fish Darts off the Endangered List and Dragonflies Showing the Heat in the UK

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Farming Without a Net

By Liza Gross

In the Amazon, the World’s Largest Reservoir of Biodiversity, Two-Thirds of Species Have Lost Habitat to Fire and Deforestation

By Georgina Gustin

Smoke and flames rise as firefighters, locals and volunteers try extinguish a wildfire, near Vilia Village, Western Athens, Greece, on Aug. 18, 2021. Credit: Nick Paleologos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Europe Seeks Solutions as it Grapples With Catastrophic Wildfires

By Anna Gross, Daniel Dombey and Eleni Varvitsioti, Financial Times

Wildfire Smoke: An Emerging Threat to West Coast Wines

By Liza Gross

Exploding California Wildfires Rekindle Debate Over Whether to Snuff Out Blazes in Wilderness Areas or Let Them Burn

By Anne Marshall-Chalmers

Fires smolder and burn in the mountains west of Paisley, Oregon. Credit: Maranie Staab/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US Forest Fires Threaten Carbon Offsets as Company-Linked Trees Burn

By Camilla Hodgson, Financial Times

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