Lauren Sommer
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391 appearances
50 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 10 Sep
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California has lost almost 60,000 homes and structures to wildfires in the last decade.
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So regulators have been looking at how to protect communities.
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Most wildfires are spread by tiny burning embers carried by the wind.
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When those catch in dry plants next to houses, they can ignite.
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Now, California residents in wildfire-prone areas will have to manage plants within five feet of their house.
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Only low-lying plants are allowed or well-maintained trees.
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The rules were delayed several years over concerns from homeowners about the cost and impact on landscaping.
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For existing houses, they go into effect in three years.
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Lauren Sommer, NPR News.
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getting stormier, you could say.
The most extreme storms in the Great Lakes region are now dropping forty-five percent more rain than they did back in the nineteen fifties, according to the National Climate Assessment.
That's due in large part because of climate change.
A warmer atmosphere can hold more water vapor, which leads to more rainfall when big storms hit.
That trend is expected to continue as the climate keeps warming.
The federal government is now updating rainfall records nationwide.
That's
This week on Shortwave, you are what you eat may not be a phrase you associate with your mental health.
But
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