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The Woolsey Fire
Voices from the Future | Greg Kochanowski The Event: On November 8, 2018, a small fire started in the Santa Susana Mountains’ Woolsey Canyon, near Simi Valley California. But then
Dark Clouds Over Paradise
Voices From the Future | Sandee Babcock Dark Clouds Over Paradise The Event: In November 2018, the Camp Fire erupted in Butte County, California. The deadliest fire in the state’s
The Tornado
Voices from the Future | Max Broderick The Tornado The Event: On May 20, 2013, a category EF-5 tornado — the highest rating on the Fujita scale —ravaged Moore, Oklahoma,
Swallowed by Water
Voices from the Future | Larry Baimbridge Swallowed by Water The Event: In 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Texas, with sustained 130 mph winds, torrential rains and flooding. Thirty percent
The 100-Year Flood
Voices from the Future | Henry Red Cloud The 100-Year Flood The Event: In March 2019, overflowing creeks and raging riverbeds flooded the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Caused
The Thousand-Year Flood
Voices from the Future | Ronnie Scott The Thousand-Year Flood The Event: The 2016 West Virginia flood— considered a 1,000-year natural event with a 0.1 percent probability of happening in
The Australian Bushfires
Voices from the Future | Carol Duncan The Australian Bushfires The Event: Close to 200 bushfires ignited in Australia in early October 2019. They torched nearly 15 million acres of
The Chennai Floods
Voices from the Future | Anjali Ponni Rajkumar The Chennai Floods The Event: In 2015, the winter monsoon season brought torrential rains to Chennai, in southern India. Unprecedented floods followed,
The Flood
Voices from the Future | Reija Nykvist The Flood The Event: In early March 2019, a tropical disturbance was building over the Indian Ocean, close to the southeast coast of
A Devastating Storm
Voices from the Future | Ntombi Makuyana A Devastating Storm The Event: Tropical storm Idai struck the southeastern Chimanimani and Chipinge districts of Zimbabwe on March 14, 2019. The torrential rains