This has been a record-breaking wildfire season in the West. Multiple fires have forced more than half a million evacuations and tens of billions in property damage.
Firefighters are exhausted, and resources are limited. Authorities in California are testing a new fire-modeling technology to help in the fight. Prachi Patel from IEEE Spectrum reports.
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