Americans continue to flee California and forest fires

Jennifer Cashman’s house in California (United States) is nothing more than a heap of ashes. Three years earlier, terrible fires had ravaged this Estate American, destroying tens of thousands of homes. “As soon as I saw the fire and understood that we had lost everything, I immediately made it clear that we had to leave California. I couldn’t stay there after living. such a traumatic thing “, explains Jennifer Cashman.

“I never thought I would experience such a trauma, sometimes I see a therapist to confide in me and I burst into tears”, adds Ryan Cashman. Like the Cashmans, thousands of families are fleeing the western United States. Climate migrants often associated with arid zones in developing countries. Yet more than 75% of the people on the move because of forest fires live in the United States.