The science behind the LA wildfires
Epic events like the Southern California wildfires do not have a singular cause. While we don’t yet know the official causes of the fires, we do know that the weather and climate conditions when they ...
NASA Satellites Show How California’s Wildfire Crisis Was Years in the Making
The largest fires started on January 7 and devastated swathes of L.A., including Pacific Palisades and Altadena. The fires ...
Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, the LAFD took the type of dramatic measures in preparation of dangerous winds that the department failed to employ last week in advance of the Palisades fire.
CNN1mon
Wildfires are breaking out in Southern California as the ‘most destructive windstorm’ in over a decade hits
The 2011 windstorm downed hundreds of trees ... the wettest time of the year is also helping to drive the fire threat. Southern California has grown progressively more dry since late summer ...
PBS4d
California’s devastating wildfires leave lingering mental health toll on residents
California officials declared this weekend that the last of the deadly fires that destroyed more than 16,000 structures were fully contained. As cleanup crews work to clear debris, contain toxins and ...
Texas is at much greater risk of wildlife than you might think. An expert tells us why.
And according to Moorehead, that’s the biggest problem facing Texas right now: the state’s “wildland urban interface” (WUI) ...
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and ...
PBS8d
Reflecting on the lives taken by the Southern California wildfires
We continue with our remembrances of the 29 people who died in the fires in Southern California. The Los Angeles County ...
Trump visits California after ripping 'idiot' Newsom on wildfire; critics bash crime, homelessness, spending
President Trump is ripping California Gov. Gavin Newsom over mismanagement of the state leading up to the devastating ...
California utility says its equipment likely sparked a blaze that erupted during January’s LA firestorm
A California utility said Thursday that its equipment likely sparked a wildfire in Los Angeles that broke out the same day as ...