What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires
Twenty-seven people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires ...
After the fire: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger deadly debris flows – a geologist explains how
Research on charcoal pieces from ancient debris flows has shown fires and erosion have shaped Earth’s landscape for at least thousands of years. However, the rising risk of wildfires near populated ...
Fighting fire with fire: Are man-made burns RI's best weapon against wildfire?
RI just endured a record-setting stretch of wildfires driven by weather extremes. Here's why burning forests might be the ...
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Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet
About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.
Los Angeles will face another round of fire-fueling Santa Ana winds this week
After a weekend of reprieve allowing fire teams to continue making progress battling the deadly infernos burning in Los ...
Winds in Southern California are expected to calm, but the fire threat continues this week
As winds across the Southern California area are calmer than their peak and firefighters are making progress, the threat to ...
There Is No Way to Retreat From the Risk of Wildfires
Mr. Davis’s ideas were shocking when the essay appeared, but the events of recent years have won a lot of people over to his ...
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Fire officials recall Yellowstone Park inferno of 1988
Stories from the Yellowstone fires of 1988, which burned approximately 1.3 million acres, were shared recently during a ...
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Los Angeles fires have scorched largest urban area in California in at least 40 years
Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban area than any other fire in the state since at least the ...
Can the LA wildfires happen in Western WA? The answer is complicated and sobering
Roaring flames, wind-whipped embers and the smoking remains of homes have filled newscasts, websites and social media over ...
Nevada #1 for Homes Built in Land Prone to Wildfires
Nevada ranks first for new homes built in natural landscapes prone to wildfires according to the Lied Center for Real Estate at UNLV.A map of the United States ...