Now, experts from around the world are taking a second look at many places that may also be at risk after Maui's crisis, which now is among the top ten deadliest wildfires on record in the U.S. since 1871. "The next Maui could be anywhere," said Tirtha Banerjee, a civil and environmental engineering [associate] professor at the University of California, Irvine. "Realistically, almost any place could have a wildfire. … There seems to be a consensus among those in the scientific community that it might get worse for a bit before it gets better," Banerjee said. Read More