LA’s Devastating Wildfire Crisis Didn’t Start With a Spark – It Started With Rain
A perfect storm of climate extremes set the stage for devastating wildfires in Los Angeles in early 2025. After two ...
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 ...
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Maps: See updated damage assessments for Eaton and Palisades fires
Three weeks after the Palisades and Eaton Fires, many impacted families are starting to figure out their plans moving forward ...
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How A.I. Can Help Humans Battle Wildfires, From Advanced Camera Systems to Forecasting Models
A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...
Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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Mystery behind viral 'HELP' Google Earth images from downtown LA solved
The mystery behind viral satellite images showing the word "HELP" in an empty downtown Los Angeles lot has been solved. The ...
California Wildfires: Much-needed rain is expected to help firefighting efforts this weekend.
Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy ...
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 ...
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What we know about the start of the Palisades Fire
As officials probe the cause of the Palisades Fire in Southern California, investigators have ... Other recent fires, including the August 2023 fires on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and a December ...
Southern California faces most urgent warning for strong winds, extreme fire danger
Forecasters in Southern California expect to issue a 'particularly dangerous situation' red flag warning for the coming week ...
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How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues.
The Tubbs fire ... map of homes impacted by the 2017 fires in Santa Rosa, Calif.Credit...Rachel Bujalski for The New York Times The Williamsons, conservatives who are not normally fans of ...
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New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer
A home that was spared by the Palisades Fire has now ... Most of Southern California -- including the areas ravaged by fires -- in severe drought, according to the latest map from the U.S. Drought ...