Central Park Wildfires! How Climate Change Fuels Fire Risk in New York City

Doug McIntyre reports on an unusual event: small wildfires in New York City’s famed Central Park, spurred by an unprecedented six-week dry spell. Normally associated with places like Southern California, drought and wildfire risks are increasingly affecting unexpected areas like Manhattan and nearby Connecticut, where high winds and dry conditions have fueled over a hundred brush fires. McIntyre points to these occurrences as another sign of climate change reshaping weather patterns across the U.S.