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For the families who own the scorched land where their house once stood, insurance companies often won’t cover the full cost of rebuilding, and past natural disasters show that rebuilding after a fire can take years.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 5 June 2025
These houses had three types: homes with steps along the wall or that form a passageway, homes built into two levels with higher places with scorched soil for cooking areas and lower spaces for living, and flat-bottomed homes used as living spaces.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
During flybys in December 2023 and February 2024, Juno came within 1,500 kilometers of Io’s scorched surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
At the same time, a scorched tree that looks dead could survive.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
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Simmone Shah, Time, 5 June 2025
These houses had three types: homes with steps along the wall or that form a passageway, homes built into two levels with higher places with scorched soil for cooking areas and lower spaces for living, and flat-bottomed homes used as living spaces.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
During flybys in December 2023 and February 2024, Juno came within 1,500 kilometers of Io’s scorched surface.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
At the same time, a scorched tree that looks dead could survive.
—Francine Kiefer, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Scorched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorched. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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