As students settle into the spring semester, many WashU community members are thinking about their families 2,000 miles away, in and around Los Angeles, where a series of devastating wildfires have scorched parts of the city they call home. Eight wildfires have affected LA in the past couple of weeks, with the two largest wildfires, Palisades and Eaton, remaining active today. The fires have caused catastrophic destruction in the city: more than 40,000 acres burned, over 15,000 structures destroyed, almost 200,000 people under evacuation orders at one point, and at least 27 lives lost. According to Ryan Croft, the Associate […]

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