Mike Cicchino and his wife feel like they were forced into a “death trap” while trying to escape the Maui wildfire. With nowhere to go, Cicchino jumped in the ocean and waited for three hours while he says the fire was like a “continuous bomb going off.”
Millions of people in major US cities throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are breathing “unhealthy” air as smoke-filled skies persist for the third day. While the smoke from Canadian wildfires might dissipate in the coming days, troubling weather outlooks reveal new fire risks for the Eastern Half of the US.
Hopefully, the apocalyptic Blade Runner 2049-esque scenes from Washington, DC, to New York City will be over by the end of the week.
Firefighters continue to battle blazes raging in forests and woodlands across California. Hundreds have been forced to flee their homes. California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency, as 18 large wildfires burn through more than a dozen counties.
