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On the Ground During L.A.’s Wildfire Emergency
With four fires raging, tens of thousands have evacuated and others are confronting the precarity of where they live.
Harrowing escapes from Los Angeles wildfires were made by foot, by car or by the grace of strangers
Los Angeles is burning, with fire experts saying this is the worst wildfire situation the city has ever seen. And while high profile celebrities have been posting on social media about the losses of ...
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How Santa Ana Winds Fueled The LA Fires
Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what ...
California wildfires live updates: 179,000 under evacuation orders; L.A. County sheriff says some areas look ‘like a bomb was dropped’
Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los Angeles County. Another 200,000 residents are under evacuation warnings.
Here's the role climate change may be playing in deadly SoCal wildfires, experts say
The Santa Ana winds are driving these wildfires to spread even faster and are making it harder for firefighters to gain control. Here's what climate experts say about what they are observing.
It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?
Fires don’t usually blaze at this time of year, but specific ingredients have come together in Southern California to defy ...
What makes the Santa Ana winds so destructive?
The Santa Ana winds become particularly dangerous when combined with other climate conditions such as drought, which increases the risk of wildfires like the ones currently raging in the Los Angeles ...
How the Santa Ana winds are fueling deadly wildfires in Los Angeles
The Santa Ana Winds are named after a Los Angeles-area mountain range, but the source of them actually comes from hundreds of ...
Fires in California decimate Los Angeles area, leave apocalyptic scenes: Live Updates
The Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires are burning in Southern California, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate. Here are the latest updates.
Death toll expected to rise as fires rage through Los Angeles. Follow live updates.
Firefighters battled to control a series of major fires that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena, and sent thousands of people frantically fleeing their ...