People in communities across southwestern France have spent the last week volunteering to aid firefighting efforts as blazes ravage the pine forests near their small towns. Now they face a difficult transition as they move from crisis response to figuring out how to prevent the fires threatening their entire way of life.

Scientists say climate change is driving the extraordinary fire conditions gripping western Europe, but that the scale of those fires cannot be understood without looking at how…

With the wildfire emergency out of the way Thursday and 84,000 out of over 220,000 people allowed to regain in their homes in nine communities in southwest France, but not Le…