01731cam a2200385 i 4500 1380367528 MeVbMML 20240427135631.0 230526s2023 nyuab e b 001 0 eng 2022044338 9781524732851 1524732850 9780525434245 0525434240 (OCoLC)1380367528 AJM 363.379 V131f 2023 Vaillant, John, author 16993 Fire weather : a true story from a hotter world / John Vaillant First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023 414 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso Includes bibliographical references and index "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 Forest fires North America History 16994 Wildfires North America History 16995 Climatic changes 7947 Forest fires Environmental aspects 16996 .b179438840 ddc BOOK 29601 29601 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2024-04-27 32.50 5 363.79 VAIL 66092 2025-05-02 2025-04-08 2024-04-27 BOOK 1