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Home survival rate drops in wildfires
A new study shows that the proportion of California homes surviving wildfires has significantly declined over time, rising from 3% at the turn of the century to 18% in 2020. Despite efforts to improve fire-resistant building codes and landscaping, increasingly severe wildfires driven by climate change and larger, faster-moving blazes have reduced these protective measures' effectiveness. The findings highlight that wildfire destruction is driven not only by fires reaching homes but also by homes being less resilient in the face of extreme wildfire behavior.
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