01872cam a2200421 i 4500 1012436077 TxAuBib 20231019120000.0 220916s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022044338 9781524732851 hardcover 1524732850 hardcover 9780525434245 paperback 0525434240 paperback TxAuBib rda Vaillant, John,. Fire weather [book] : a true story from a hotter world / John Vaillant. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. ©2023. 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Origin stories -- Fire weather -- Reckoning. "In May 2016, the city of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, burned to the ground, forcing 88,000 people to flee their homes. It was the largest evacuation ever of a city in the face of a forest fire, raising the curtain on a new age of increasingly destructive wildfires. This book is a suspenseful account of one of North America's most devastating forest fires-and a stark exploration of our dawning era of climate catastrophes"-- Provided by publisher. 20231019. Forest fires North America History. Forest fires Environmental aspects. Wildfires North America History. Climatic changes. History. fast