Further risks emerged uncomfortably close to D.C., after the National Weather Service on Tuesday declared a critical fire weather outlook for areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey just north of the national capital region. Washingtonians have suffered through wildfire haze from time to time, usually from western forests stricken with drought. But as the world warms, they should prepare for more Code urple days, including potentially from fires closer to home. AdvertisementWhile it often takes time to assess how much climate change contributed to a specific disaster, a national increase in wildfire activity is one of the most predictable effects of global warming. Wildfire risks will have to be assessed in places that had been too wet to think about such disasters.

Source: Washington Post June 08, 2023 07:10 UTC