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Urban devastation: Losing Lahaina and Superior is a warning siren for the world

We’ve always had wildfires, but the threat is growing and evolving.

LEFT: A man walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) RIGHT: Only the shell of a car remains parked along Andrew Dr. east of McCaslin Blvd. in Superior, Colorado in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
LEFT: A man walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) RIGHT: Only the shell of a car remains parked along Andrew Dr. east of McCaslin Blvd. in Superior, Colorado in the aftermath of the Marshall Fire on Jan. 1, 2022. (Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
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After 1918, for almost a century, there were only two U.S. wildfires with more than 20 deaths as the nation became more urban and building practices and firefighting capabilities improved. But that trend has shifted.
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