Residents walk down a flooded residential street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on August 30, 2021 in Norco, Louisiana. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Customers in LaPlace, La., learn that a station is out of gas after waiting in line for more than an hour on Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
People are evacuated from floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, La., on Monday. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
A Kern County firefighter keeps an eye on a burning tree as fire burns closer to homes during the French Fire in the Sequoia National Forest near Wofford Heights, Calif., this month. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jeremy Hodges climbs up the side of his family's destroyed storage unit on Monday, in Houma, La., which sits just along the coast of Louisiana. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Prescribed burns, like this one in Humboldt County, Calif., reduce the underbrush without destroying trees. Lenya Quinn-Davidson hide caption
Firefighters carry water hoses while battling the Caldor Fire near South Lake Tahoe, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Residents walk down a flooded residential street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida on Monday in Norco, La. Ida made landfall on Sunday as a Category 4 storm southwest of New Orleans. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption