Why Did Brooklyn’s Biggest Park Light Up in Flames?

New York City is under its first drought watch in more than 20 years thanks to a historic lack of rain.

Joan Didion has called fire season the season of prickly dread, the season when the wind works on the nerves and every voice seems a scream.

New Yorkers still need to be careful, and the city and state remain at risk of wildfires.

Western states have faced a decadeslong megadrought—the worst in more than a thousand years .

Michael Rawlins says climate change may help extend this drought, further increasing the risk of wildfire.

He says climate experts have now given up hope of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.