Study finds 2025 wildfires set insured-loss record (opens in new tab)

Researchers said wildfires in 2025 caused the highest insured losses ever recorded even though the global area burned fell to 335 million hectares, the second-lowest total since 2002. Infobae described the review as published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. It said severe fires hit populated and wealthier regions, including California, Canada, Europe and South Korea. The 2025 disasters included the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles, a Scottish megafire that burned more than 100,...