Wildfires could be raising local death rates by two-thirds: Study

USA TODAY - For more and to sign up click here Sharon Udasin Wildfires may be responsible for raising local deaths by about 67 percent in a given month, a new study has found. Scientists linked 82 “excess deaths” to the devastating blazes that struck Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 — or two-thirds more fatalities than they would have otherwise expected for that month, per the study, published on Friday in Frontiers…