Wildfires
A Town in Washington State Is Evacuated as a Wildfire Burns Six Houses
A small town in Washington state was temporarily evacuated on Thursday after a fast-moving wildfire destroyed at least six homes, the authorities said. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook on Thursday that residents of Lind, Wash., needed to evacuate because of the ongoing threat from the flames. The Lind fire destroyed six houses […]
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Extreme Weather Challenges Bikepackers on the Tour Divide Race
Kevin Latta pushed his bike forward, following the Bull River down a ridge in the Canadian Rockies. The tire tracks from riders ahead of him had disappeared. He searched for a shallow place to cross. But after just one step, the swollen river swept Latta and his bike downstream. Gripping the bike in one hand, […]
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How the Long Recovery From Bush Fires Could Decide Australia’s Election
COBARGO, Australia — On a recent sunny day in the hills behind Cobargo, a village in southeastern Australia, local volunteers were hard at work installing a bathroom for the Jee family, which had waited more than two years for a proper one. Tammie and Brett Jee and their five sons lost their home on New […]
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Frustrated With Utilities, Some Californians Are Leaving the Grid
The appeal of off-grid homes has grown in part because utilities have become less reliable. As natural disasters linked to climate change have increased, there have been more extended blackouts in California, Texas, Louisiana and other states. A Critical Year for Electric Vehicles The popularity of battery-powered cars is soaring worldwide, even as the overall […]
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The World Has Changed. So Has ‘52 Places.’
This year, the second in a row, the Times Travel desk faced the challenge of creating one of our signature pieces of journalism, the annual “52 Places” list, in a world turned upside down. A year ago, with global travel at all but a standstill, we turned to readers to ask about the places that […]
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Colorado Wildfire Inquiry Focuses on Christian Sect, Twelve Tribes
Investigators looking into the cause of a colossal wildfire in Colorado that forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people are focusing on a property owned by a Christian fundamentalist sect, after witnesses reported seeing a structure on fire there moments before the blaze spread with astonishing speed across drought-stricken suburbs. Sheriff Joe Pelle […]
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Fires, Landslides, Lack of Snow: The Ski Industry Girds for Battle
The economic impacts are staggering. A 2018 report by researchers at the University of New Hampshire and Colorado State University for the advocacy group Protect Our Winters shows the five least-snowy winters between 2001 and 2016 cost the industry an estimated $1 billion and more than 17,000 jobs a season. Mr. Scott, the climate professor, […]
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