Nature’s Power

Embers fly above a firefighter as he works to control a backfire as the Delta Fire burns in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. The blaze had tripled in size overnight. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

 

As recurring bands of rain showers continue to saturate the upper midwestern United States, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison takes cover under an umbrella while making her way past a rain-spattered window on the campus in Madison, Wis. Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

 

A neighbor walks by a manhole where the ground sank by an earthquake in Kiyota, outskirts of Sapporo city, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. A powerful earthquake hit wide areas on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides as well as causing the loss of power. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

 

Swimmers compete at FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Eilat, Israel, Friday Sept. 7, 2018 (AP Photo/Gilad Kavalerchik)

 

Police search missing persons at the site of a landslide triggered by an earthquake in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. A powerful earthquake hit wide areas on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides as well as causing the loss of power. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)