Texas Wildfires Prompt Evacuations and Nuclear Plant Shutdown
In the face of “devastating” wildfires engulfing swathes of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott swiftly declared a disaster for 60 counties, mobilizing state resources to combat the raging infernos. The largest among them, the Smokehouse Creek Fire, erupted to become the state’s second-largest wildfire on record, consuming over 500,000 acres with alarming speed. The gravity of…