California Wildfires: Expected rain may boost firefighting efforts, but officials are vigilant about flooding.
The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it ...
Fires California live updates: Hughes Fire 24% contained Thursday, Sepulveda Fire evacs lifted
LA County Sheriff says about 31,000 people were under mandatory evacuation orders while another 23,000 were under evacuation ...
It Will Finally Rain in Southern California. Cue the Risk of Mudslides.
Cooler, wet weather is forecast to bring moisture to the parched landscape and reduce the fire threat. But heavy rainfall ...
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Another danger looms after the LA fires: Devastating debris flows
As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful torrents of rock, mud and water that sweep downhill with deadly momentum.
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San Diego County fires: Lilac Fire, one of several blazes that began Tuesday, at 80 acres
The fires come as San Diego County mountains and valleys, along with other parts of Southern California, remain under a red ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is.
In summary A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep ...
The Conditions That Led to the ‘Unprecedented’ Los Angeles County Fires
“This is a tragic time in our history,” said Los Angeles County Police Department Sheriff Jim McDonnell during a press ...
How huge parts of the US could become uninhabitable within decades — even so-called ‘climate havens’
It’s not just Florida and California — from poisoned water supplies to infrastructure issues to polar vortices, Holly Baxter ...
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How big are the California wildfires – and why have they spread so quickly?
California generally experiences wildfires during June and July, and they can run until October, but the blaze has defied the calendar this year, erupting in January – the coldest of the winter months ...