As seen in southern California, just a single spark can set off a fire that in tinder-dry conditions can expand rapidly and burn anything and everything in its path. The fires, which broke out last ...

Striking images from devastating wildfires in southern California are all over social media. While many are real, some are ...

Firefighters held the line against two massive wildfires that have ravaged parts of Los Angeles for the past week, even as ...

Southern California residents are facing dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs while they prepare to flee at a moment ...

Palisades Fire, in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles, is the largest of all the current wildfires.

A professor at the University of California, Los Angeles is calling the wildfires in Los Angeles a biblical catastrophe. Dr.

Topography matters, too — treeless mountain peaks are typically windier without those trees, or buildings, to slow the winds. And different parts of Earth — water and land — heat from sunlight at ...

The wildfires come at a fraught political moment for the US. Biden, who has championed climate action during his presidency, will soon be replaced by Donald Trump, a climate sceptic who has vowed to ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, ...

In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...

As the Palisades fire raged, critics blamed overgrown vegetation for driving its spread. But some scientists and fire ...

Firefighters are bracing for the the return of ferocious Santa Ana winds which are expected to fan the flames of wildfires raging across southern California, as the death toll climbs to at least 24 ...