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Another severe wildfire season is forecast for the Western U.S. due to record-breaking heat and an abysmal snowpack. Some states and utilities are trying to get ahead of that threat using AI. In Arizona, the state���s largest electric utility is installing AI-monitored cameras across its service region. The technology identifies possible smoke and notifies human analysts for quick verification. Fire management officials say the technology spots more fires than humans, and alerts authorities more quickly, allowing for faster and more efficient action to extinguish wildfires. Similar technology is being rolled out in Colorado, California and other wildfire prone states, as well as in Canada and Australia.

Officials battling two large wildfires in southern Georgia say firefighters are bracing for a long battle even after weekend rains boosted their containment efforts. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp toured the fire areas Tuesday and told reporters that ���we're going to be in this for a while.��� That's after rain Sunday gave crews an opening to improve containment of a fire in rural Brantley County from 6% to 32%. Officials said that fire has destroyed more than 80 homes. Georgia Forestry Commission director Johnny Sabo said crews have held the second fire in Clinch and Echols counties to roughly the same footprint for days. That fire has burned across more than 50 square miles.