After Hurricane Helene last September, Schenker was upset by the deluge of images of Asheville, North Carolina ... in the Altadena foothills of Los Angeles, Claire Schwartz, 31, began to ...

and then Zeldin visited the Palisades in Los Angeles, where wildfires rapidly spread in early 2025, burning over 37,000 acres and killing at least 29, before traveling to Asheville. In Western North ...

(Taylor Schenker via AP) A photo found near Asheville, N.C., after Hurricane Helene. (Taylor Schenker via AP) A photo found near Altadena, California, after the Los Angeles wildfires ... to residents ...