Destruction in Talent, Ore. 15. As of Tuesday, 37 active wildfires have burned more than 838,000 acres and 10 people have been confirmed dead. (Mason Trinca for The Post)

Fire experts say the nation needs new strategies to cope with the escalating threat. But the nation’s top fire science program has seen its budget slashed in recent years, and state initiatives to study the issue have run short of funds amid the coronavirus-induced economic crisis.