Just The Facts Over the past 5 years, the state has averaged 1,860 fires, 442,000 acres burned, and $12.9 million spent ...

Biggest Natural Disasters caused over $131 billion in losses, making 2025 one of the costliest years for natural disasters.

Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That's roughly equivalent to the entire ...

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 ...

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade, ...

A new study found that climate change has driven a surge of “societally disastrous” wildfires over the last four decades, with 43% of the most costly events occurring in the last 10 years. Reading ...

Disasters such as wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent occurrences, leaving homeowners scrambling for ways to proactively protect themselves and recover financially. Traditional insurance ...

One of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, the Camp Fire is among the many natural disasters that have upended student learning over the past decade. Damaged schools, lost homes and layers of ...

The Spanish government on Tuesday described wildfires that have swept the country as one of the country's worst environmental disasters in years, as it approved relief measures for affected areas.

University of Calgary provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Calgary provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Wildfires are no longer rare ...

The financial toll of weather and climate disasters in the United States broke all records in the first half of 2025. There were 14 separate, weather-related disasters with at least $1 billion damages ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. The imminent December 12, 2025 deadline is only for filing ...