Gabrielle Canon reports from Los Angeles on the wildfires destroying homes and communitiesAs the Los Angeles wildfire spread closer to his home, George Elmaraghi was anxiously waiting for an evacuation order. “When I saw the fire, from our backyard, almost parallel to our house, I was like, OK, we gotta go.” George’s home in Altadena was destroyed in what is now the city’s most destructive wildfire. That fire is still burning and George and his family, along with 150,000 other displaced people, are now grappling with trauma, homelessness, insurance claims – and the ultimate decision of whether to rebuild or walk away. For Gabrielle Canon, the Guardian’s extreme weather correspondent, this unprecedented fire must be understood as a compound climate disaster: the disastrous end result of a chain of events exacerbated by the climate crisis.Gabrielle explains to Michael Safi why popular anger is growing around the Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, and unpacks the potential climate crisis i...
This Guardian podcast episode, "‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires," explores the devastating impact of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, particularly highlighting the human cost and connecting the disaster to the climate crisis.
The main conceptual idea is that the Los Angeles wildfires are not just a natural disaster but a compound climate disaster, the result of a chain of events exacerbated by climate change. The episode examines the growing public anger towards the mayor for her handling of the situation and analyzes the potential negative implications of the incoming US president's policies on climate change, misinformation, and disaster response.
This Guardian podcast episode, "‘The entire community is just gone’: inside the Los Angeles wildfires," explores the devastating impact of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, particularly highlighting the human cost and connecting the disaster to the climate crisis. The main conceptual idea is that the Los Angeles wildfires are not just a natural disaster but a compound climate disaster, the result of a chain of events exacerbated by climate change. The episode examines the growing public anger towards the mayor for her handling of the situation and analyzes the potential negative implications of the incoming US president's policies on climate change, misinformation, and disaster response.
