LA fires spotlight the home insurance industry amid climate change
Ballooning expenses for insurers and homeowners alike are most pronounced in disaster-prone areas like California and Florida, they added, but climate change has helped fuel premium hikes in many states. The trend threatens to upend the home insurance business and put homeownership out of reach for many, some experts said.
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Firefighters are battling multiple fast-growing wildfires in Los Angeles that have forced thousands of people to flee their homes.
California wildfires driven by rare combination of climate change factors
At least three destructive, fast-moving wildfires were burning in the Los Angeles metro area early Wednesday. Tens of thousands of people evacuated, some having run on foot to flee oncoming flames. The big picture: The wildfires are the result of an unheard-of combination of factors at this time of year — the worst high wind event in Southern California since 2011,
This is how climate change contributed to the California wildfires
Climate change has played a major role in the unprecedented wildfires that are raging through Southern California, research shows.
California wildfires: Why are they happening and is climate change to blame?
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