Wildfire smoke can cause massive flight delays, cutting visibility and closing airspace, even when your local skies look perfectly clear.

Wildfire disaster are expensive, and they keep happening. The cost of human life, property and the environment is catastrophic. In February 2024, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle destroyed over 1M acres. A February 2025 report from Texas A ...

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Anna Fiorentino | Freelance writer Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California, on January 8. Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty ...

One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was on fire. Oregon had declared a statewide wildfire state of emergency through September. California was grappling with the Park ...

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Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are taken, wildfire smoke could become one of the country ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New research has revealed which areas in the United States face the worst air quality as a result of wildfire smoke, with ...

The latest forecast guidance suggests the smoke could be especially thick across northern Illinois, including downtown Chicago.