wildfire

Map of Lahaina buildings destroyed in wildfire

Maps / buildings, Lahaina, Wall Street Journal, wildfire

Most of the Maui town Lahaina was destroyed by wildfire. The Wall Street…
Smoke from Canada wildfires over the U.S.

Maps / Canada, smoke, Upshot, wildfire

Wildfires in one area means smoke and pollution travels to surrounding areas, even…
Maps of wildfire smoke pollution

Maps / New York Times, pollution, smoke, wildfire

Wildfire obviously damages the areas it comes in direct contact with, but wildfire…
Emissions from fires in the Arctic

Maps / Arctic, carbon, Reuters, wildfire

Reuters reported on the fires in the Arctic and the relatively high levels…
Sequoia tree wildfire protection

Infographics / Reuters, sequoia, trees, wildfire

For Reuters, Travis Hartman, Ally J. Levine, and Anurag Rao describe the measures…
Wildfires and floods, a geographic before and after

Maps / Gordon Logie, satellite imagery, wildfire

In 2021, a large portion of North America was stuck in a heat…
Visual guide for protecting your home from wildfire

Infographics / 3-d, Washington Post, wildfire

Aaron Steckelberg and Tik Root for The Washington Post provide a visual guide…
Tracking wildfires in the west

Maps / New York Times, tracker, wildfire

Wildfires continue to burn in the western United States. The New York Times…
Fires in the west and climate change

Maps / climate change, scrollytelling, Washington Post, wildfire

This is some advanced mapping and scrollytelling from the Washington Post. The piece…
More fire weather days coming

Maps / California, climate change, ProPublica, wildfire

It’s been smoky this season. Based on research from Michael Goss et al.,…
Millions of people experienced unhealthy air in 2020

Statistical Visualization / air quality, NPR, wildfire

NPR estimated how many people have experienced unhealthy air this year, largely in…
Air Quality Mapped Over Time

Data Underload / air quality, wildfire

With wildfires burning in the western United States, smoke fills the air. This is an animation of the air quality during the past couple of months.
Smoke from the U.S. West Coast travels east and overseas

Maps / California, Reuters, smoke, wildfire

Smoke from the wildfires made its way to the other side of the…
Timeline of California Wildfires

Data Underload / California, wildfire

The wind was blowing smoke and ash from wildfires further up north from where I live. The sky turned an eerie orange. I wondered about past fires and made the chart below.
California wildfires map

Maps / California, Los Angeles Times, wildfire

Los Angeles Times provides a California-specific map of the current wildfires to stay…
Fire and smoke map

Maps / smoke, wildfire

With the rush of wildfires in California, governor Gavin Newsom declared (another) state…
Where the Australia fires are burning

Maps / Australia, New York Times, wildfire

The New York Times zoomed in on southeastern Australia where the fires have…
Visual guide for the fires in Australia

Infographics / Australia, climate, Guardian, wildfire

For The Guardian, Niko Kommenda and Josh Holder provide a visual guide to…
Worst performing circuits mapped with fire risk

Maps / PG&E, Wall Street Journal, wildfire

This month PG&E has been shutting down power to thousands of households in…
High-resolution satellite image of Kincade fire, up close from far away

Maps / Planet, satellite imagery, wildfire

I feel like satellite imagery has upped its skillset in recent years. According…

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