This is why trees are often left standing when wildfires destroy homes
If you’ve ever wondered why trees will often be standing even after a wildfire has destroyed nearby homes, fire officials are ...
Palisades home survived the fire, only to be split in two by a landslide
After wildfires destabilize hillsides, the risk of landslides grows, making episodes like this more likely in the future.
How Los Angeles fires became a 'worst-case scenario come to life'
Two weeks after the Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes in two distinct LA-area communities, many in Los Angeles County are still in a state of shock, even as donation drives peter ...
Where is the Hughes Fire? What to know as Los Angeles-area blaze rapidly expands
A quickly-expanding wildfire broke out in the mountains north of Los Angeles Wednesday, leading to evacuation orders for ...
Climate and environment updates: Fires would have been extreme without climate change
In a new quick-turn analysis, UCLA climate scientists found that climate change could be responsible for roughly a quarter of ...
Fire-weary L.A. faces more dangerous winds; officials say they are prepared
Gusts of up to 70 mph are possible along the coast and valleys, and in the mountains, up to 100 mph, the National Weather ...
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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.
San Diego blazes erupt; progress made on raging Hughes Fire: Wildfire updates
Over 1,100 firefighters were “strategically pre-positioned” across Southern California to address "ongoing critical fire ...
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 ...
Fire lessons from the Australian capital, where a 2003 inferno changed everything
Two decades ago, fire ripped through Canberra, destroying 480 homes. An Australian fire chief reflects on possible lessons ...
How do we measure disaster from a forest fire? | ECOVIEWS
In regions where fire is a natural phenomenon, organisms have adapted to cope with periodic fires. Terrestrial mammals and ...