Forecasters are warning that the potential for wildfires will be above normal in some areas across the United States over the coming months as temperatures rise and rain becomes sparse.
Of California’s 16 largest and most intense wildfires in its history, half occurred in just the last two years. Despite that, it could have been far worse, Ramirez said. There were likely countless more acres saved because of early detection and simulations through the company’s technology, ...
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Since the lightning siege last Saturday, Cal Fire crews said there have been nearly 14,000 lightning strikes in all, sparking more than 700 new wildfires, which have now burned over 1.35 million acres throughout California. That's roughly the size of Delaware. The LNU fires cont...
In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in California raged towards a nursing home with 62 residents. Here’s what they did with no evacuation plan.
Wildfires continue sweeping across Southern California. Some families are returning home to find their houses are completely ___ and many things turned to dust and ashes. It's ___, but stories of hope, like the one from this Ventura County couple, are beginning to ___. Jim and Lily Myer...
More people are moving to regions affected by these natural disasters: Migration into the most flood-prone counties in the U.S. more than doubled during the pandemic, according to data fromRedfin, while the counties with the highest risk of wildfires saw a 51% increase. ...
Some of the tall trees that have grown up in California's Sierra Nevada are no longer compatible with the climate they live in,a new research has shown.Hotter,drier conditions driven by climate change in the mountain range have made certain regions unsuitable for conifers(针叶树). "They ...
For millennia Indigenous communities have relied on the far north's caribou herds for sustenance. But as the herds dwindle, the future becomes difficult to predict.
There are a number of possible culprits for the surge. In California, for instance, a series of punishing heat waves and smoke from devastating wildfires has kept many people indoors, where the disease can more easily spread. Most adults are also well removed from their last brush wi...