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Firefighters and search and rescue teams have been working tirelessly to combat two massive wildfires that have devastated parts of Los Angeles over the past week. On January 14, search teams, including sniffer dogs, scoured the charred remains of homes in Altadena and Pacific Palisades, searching for victims and signs of life. A total of 400 rescue personnel were deployed to the Eaton Fire in Altadena, which has burned 14,117 acres, with 35% containment. The fires have destroyed entire neighborhoods, leaving only rubble behind, and the death toll stands at 24. More than 8,000 firefighters from across the country and abroad have been battling the blazes in extremely dangerous conditions due to desert winds and dry terrain. In response to the disaster, a Magic Castle event was held to raise support for the wildfire victims. Despite the overwhelming destruction, rescue efforts continue in hopes of finding survivors.
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Much of Los Angeles and Ventura County could experience wind gusts of 50 to 70 mph from early Tuesday through Wednesday as dry Santa Ana winds picked up after relative calm last week, according to the National Weather Service.
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The air quality index (AQI) of Los Angeles was recorded at 158 on January 10, far better than the air quality of Delhi which is infamous for smog. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi's AQI was recorded at 373.
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The ten most expensive natural disasters of the last decade took place over the last five years.
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Calmer weather in northern California helped firefighters battle wildfire threatening thousands of mountain homes on September 12, while remnants of Pacific hurricane continued to produce thunderstorms that caused flash flooding in the southern part of the state
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A brutal Western heatwave brought California to the verge of ordering rolling blackouts but the state’s electrical grid managed to handle record-breaking demand.
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The blaze, dubbed the Mill Fire, was pushed by 35-mph (56-kph) winds, and quickly engulfed 4 square miles (10.3 square kilometers) of ground.
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Many valleys, foothills, mountains and desert areas remain under an elevated fire risk because of low humidity and record- high temperatures
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Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth on July 31 as they sought to protect remote communities.
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Firefighters continue to make progress against a huge California forest fire that forced evacuations for thousands of people and destroyed 41 homes and other buildings near Yosemite National Park, officials said on July 26.
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A fierce California wildfire has burnt several thousand acres and forced evacuations as tens of millions of Americans swelter through scorching heat
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The New Mexico wildfire, on track to be the largest in the state’s history, has burned over 259,810 acres, edging towards mountain resort towns. In California, a wildfire engulfed multi-million dollar mansions in the south
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It is “code red for humanity”, the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports says, as the Earth warms rapidly. July was the planet’s hottest month in 142 years and wildfires—raging from the US to Greece to Russia—are a stark warning of things to come
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The Dixie blaze is the largest active wildfire in the United States, but only one of 11 major wildfires in California.
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Cooler weather on July 27 helped calm two gigantic wildfires in the U.S. West, but a tally of property losses mounted as authorities got better access to a tiny California community savaged by flames last weekend and to a remote area of southern Oregon where the nation's largest blaze is burning.
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The number of dead was revised from 88 after DNA tests on remains by the coroner's office.
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The weather service issued a watch on November 29 for possible flash flooding in areas scarred by major blazes throughout the state.
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Cal Fire, the state fire authority, said in its latest bulletin that the fire - which broke out on November 8 - was 98 percent contained.
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Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says more than 560 names remain on the missing list.
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A state incident report released Sunday evening says the flames destroyed more than 10,500 homes.
