More than $70 billion in economic impact expected from 2021 wildfire season

AccuWeather 2021-09-30

Views 9

This year's wildfire season has been devastating, including the destruction of the town of Greenville, but experts say total losses pale in comparison to 2020, when hundreds of lightning strikes sparked massive fires.

Show more

Download

Report form

RELATED VIDEOS

Heat builds across Northwest; Wet and cool for Southwest

play

Heat builds across Northwest; Wet and cool for Southwest

Families forced to evacuate as wildfires spread across the Northwest

play

Families forced to evacuate as wildfires spread across the Northwest

Northwest storms could spark debris flows in wildfire burn scars

play

Northwest storms could spark debris flows in wildfire burn scars

Severe floods overtake towns in the Pacific Northwest

play

Severe floods overtake towns in the Pacific Northwest

Rare severe threat in the Pacific Northwest as storms move ashore

play

Rare severe threat in the Pacific Northwest as storms move ashore

Wildfires ravage a drought-stricken Southwest

play

Wildfires ravage a drought-stricken Southwest

Brutal heat to increase wildfire risk across the Southwest

play

Brutal heat to increase wildfire risk across the Southwest

Wildfires force evacuations in Spain as heatwave engulfs southwest Europe

play

Wildfires force evacuations in Spain as heatwave engulfs southwest Europe

Wildfires rage as temperatures soar in the Southwest

play

Wildfires rage as temperatures soar in the Southwest

Heat builds in the Northwest as gloomy weather lingers in parts of the Southwest

play

Heat builds in the Northwest as gloomy weather lingers in parts of the Southwest

'Nexus for catastrophic disaster:' Rising wildfire threat in the Southwest

play

'Nexus for catastrophic disaster:' Rising wildfire threat in the Southwest

Wildfire threat increasing as heat bakes the Southwest

play

Wildfire threat increasing as heat bakes the Southwest