Wildfires rage in the West. Hurricanes batter the East. Droughts and floods wreak damage throughout the nation. Life has become increasingly untenable in the hardest-hit areas, but if the people there move, where will everyone go?
byAbrahm Lustgarten, photography byMeridith KohutSept. 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EDTA wildfire on the foothills of the San Gabriel Canyon that border the Mountain Cove gated residential community in Azusa, California. The Ranch 2 Fire burned over 4,200 acres.(Time lapse video by Jeff Frost)
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A Warming Planet and a Shifting Population
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