A few tourists stand under a rainbow as the clouds clear at Haleakalā on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Though much of the island is untouched, tourism is down drastically. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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A burnt landscape caused by wildfires is pictured near Entrance, Wild Hay area, Alberta, Canada on May 10, 2023. Canada struggled on May 8, 2023, to control wildfires that have forced thousands to flee, halted oil production and razed towns, with the western province of Alberta calling for federal help. MEGAN ALBU/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Across Canada, tens of thousands have evacuated due to wildfires in recent weeks
Birds fly past as a fire consumes an area next to the Trans-Pantanal highway in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on Sept. 11, 2020. Andre Penner/AP hide caption
The remains of a burned home are seen in the Indian Falls neighborhood of unincorporated Plumas County, California on July 26, 2021. Extreme weather events have claimed hundreds of lives worldwide in recent weeks, and upcoming forecasts for wildfire and hurricane seasons are dire. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wildfire-Ravaged Farming Town In Limbo As It Awaits Aid To Rebuild
Most of the buildings and homes in Malden, Wash., were destroyed in the Labor Day wildfire. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
'Everything's Gone': Rural Washington Struggles After 'Blowtorch' Of A Wildfire
After a series of devastating wildfires, like the 2019 Kincade Fire, California had planned on spending billions to prepare for climate-driven disasters. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California Was Set To Spend Over $1 Billion to Prevent Wildfires. Then Came COVID-19
Chelsea Isaacs sits on the couch in her RV with her 2-year-old twin daughters, Harper and Riley, and her mother, Kim Schwartz, on June 11 in Magalia, Calif. They have been living for almost a year in an RV after the Camp Fire destroyed their home in 2018. A month after their house burned down, Chelsea found out she was pregnant with a second set of twins with her partner, Noah. Rachel Bujalski for NPR hide caption
Chris Keys inside his Santa Rosa, Calif., home that is still under construction. Keys says his family may run out of the insurance benefit that covers living expenses before their new home is ready to move into. Pauline Bartolone/Capital Public Radio hide caption