‘You can taste the ash’: surviving in America’s wildfire smoke capital
A magical corner of Oregon has the highest US rate of wildfire smoke deaths. How do residents live with the haze – and grief? Driving into the county, you can’t miss the sign. “IT’S THE CLIMATE”. Continue reading...
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- #3044
- First seen
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:14 UTC
- Last checked
- 27 Aug 2026, 09:16 UTC
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- 1 version
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Publisher layer
Recorded article metadata
- Publisher
- The Guardian
- Country
- England / United Kingdom
- Source published
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- John D Sutter with photographs by Ricardo Nagaoka
- Section
- US news
A magical corner of Oregon has the highest US rate of wildfire smoke deaths. How do residents live with the haze – and grief? Driving into the county, you can’t miss the sign. “IT’S THE CLIMATE”. Continue reading...
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‘You can taste the ash’: surviving in America’s wildfire smoke capital
A magical corner of Oregon has the highest US rate of wildfire smoke deaths. How do residents live with the haze – and grief? Driving into the county, you can’t miss the sign. “IT’S THE CLIMATE”. Continue reading...
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Evidence layer
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- #2748
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- 26 Aug 2026, 12:14 UTC
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- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt