Years of declining rainfall had left Maui dangerously dry, an example of how climate change supercharges conditions that make wildfires more common and more catastrophic. As global temperatures continue to increase, droughts all over the world are becoming more frequent, severe, and prolonged. America’s western states continue to grapple with the worst mega-drought in the past 1,200 years and the number of wildfires in the U.S. has tripled since the 1980’s, with the fires growing in size, speed, and destructive power.