A Running List of Record-Breaking Natural Disasters in 2020
The year has already seen many extremes, from California’s and Colorado’s largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom. Smoke hangs low in the air along Highway 236 in Boulder Creek, Calif., on August 22, 2020. The CZU Lightning Complex fires decimated the 118-year-old Big Basin Redwoods State Park, California’s oldest state park. Credit: Kent Nishimura Getty Images Editor’s…