The wildfiresThe reason for the start of the California wildfires is in part due to the Santa-Ana winds. These form over the Sierra mountains when
Weather data show how humankind’s burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, windy weather more likely, setting the stage for the Los Angeles wildfires.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has deployed fire engines, water-dropping aircraft and hand crews across the region—to enable a rapid response if a new fire does break out, according to The Associated Press.
Strong Santa Ana winds rage multiple wildfires across California, including Los Angeles, Palisades, and Eaton. What caused the fires in California to spread so quickly?
The strong winds that make wildfires almost impossible to battle and contain picked back up in Southern California Wednesday morning.
A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and Eaton fires.
A lawmaker wants to quickly rebuild communities ravaged by the Los Angeles-area fires. Plus, a map of the wildland-urban interface.
Although evacuation orders have since been lifted for most of LA County, fire survivors continue to face the road to recovery as they focus on rebuilding.
Seven years ago, the Tubbs Fire decimated Santa Rosa's Coffey Park subdivision. Eighty percent of homes were rebuilt within three years.
As widespread rain moves into Southern California, residents in the recent burn scar areas brace for mudslides, rockslides, and land movement.
About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.