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Palisades fire on 8 January 2025, in California Photograph: MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images There were limited ground measurements available to researchers as the US Environmental Protection Agency’s monitoring stations cover only
cause enough widespread damage to meet the new criteria for federal assistance. Such local weather events have [devastated rural communities](https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5459871/texas-trump-fema-flooding) in recent years. Many state emergency officials [warn they lack the capacity
Palisades neighborhood. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP via Getty Images)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/571x571+167+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2Fec%2F25969f534f8ea371474c2173e294%2Fgettyimages-2254300007.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5670393/california-wildfires-home-insurance-climate-change) ### [Climate](https://www.npr.org/sections/climate) ### [California fire victims say fighting with insurance companies has delayed rebuilding](https://www.npr.org/2026/01/13/nx-s1-5670393/california-wildfires-home-insurance-climate-change) In California
Palisades and Eaton fires said that State Farm was delaying and mishandling claims regarding damage to their homes and possible contamination from smoke. “Our investigation found that State Farm delayed, underpaid and buried policyholders
Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles, which were among the [most destructive in US history](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/los-angeles-wildfires-one-year-later). [Record-breaking blazes in Spain and Portugal](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/wildfires-spain-portugal-heat-extreme-temperatures-southern-europe) burned more than half a million