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Videos
Protecting against natural disasters requires a multipronged approach.
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A discussion of high-tech wildfire management in Victoria, Australia.
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Time-lapse footage of New York City's skyline glowing orange due to the Canadian...
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Learn about a computer program used by Australian firefighters to predict the paths...
Video: © University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Images
Wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, California, 2013.
Mike McMillan—U.S. Forest Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture
A field of fireweed (Chamaenerion angustifolium) flourishing among burned...
© James_Gabbert—iStock/Getty Images
Airplane discharging fire retardant on the Waldo Canyon wildfire in Colorado Springs,...
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephany D. Richards/U.S. Department of Agriculture
Smoke rising from a wildfire raging outside Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, May 2016.
© Cole Burston—AFP/Getty Images
Wildfire near the freeway in San Bernardino National Forest, southern California.
© Index Open
The Zaca wildfire in Santa Barbara county, southwestern California, 2007.
John Newman/U.S. Forest Service
Interactives
An interactive map showing several of the most deadly wildfires in history. Hover...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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