wildfires

Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.

Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.

The Department of Natural Resources says there is a big risk of wildfires, due to the long stretch of sunny, dry days in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Guest host Zoe Clark hears from one Michigan official who is calling for more action on Canadian wildfires. And, learn more about the inaugural Mini Black Zine Fair happening weekend.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires hovered over Michigan and several other Midwestern states Saturday, bringing warnings of unhealthy air.

State meteorology specialists have issued an air quality advisory for sensitive groups due to particulate matter moving in to Michigan Friday night from Canadian wildfires.

Fire danger is higher than normal across the entire Lower Peninsula and in the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula.

A look at harvesting Michigan's forests, a Palestinian muralist in Michigan and the dangers of cannabis to children.

Michigan faces a high risk of fires. Abnormally dry conditions, and in some places actual drought, have left yards and fields dry. Winds this weekend increase the chance of wildfires.

AmeriCorps has created a Forest Corps as part of a larger effort to combat the effects of climate change.