Blazes in western US have hit thousands of Earth’s largest trees, once considered almost fire-proofLightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias this year, adding to a staggering two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fif…
Why the American west’s ‘wildfire season’ is a thing of the past – visualized
It used to be a four-month period. Now fires are starting earlier and burning more intensely amid extreme conditionsIt’s only October, and 2021 has already been a horrendous year for wildfires in the American west. The Dixie fire leveled the town of Gr…
California wildfires burn into some groves of ancient giant sequoias
National Weather Service issues weather watch for critical fire conditions in Sequoia national parkCrews continue to battle California wildfires that have burned into some groves of ancient giant sequoias, the world’s largest tree.The National Weather …
How a Tahoe refuge saved owls, coyotes and raccoons from wildfire
Wildfires take a devastating toll on local animals. A Lake Tahoe refuge made sure its creatures didn’t suffer the same fateGreg Erfani watched the flames grow bigger and bigger as they crept toward Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, the animal refuge he helps r…
Caldor fire bears down on Lake Tahoe as communities clouded in smoke
Evacuation orders issues in two counties as more than 14,000 firefighters battle wildfires up and down CaliforniaA wind-driven wildfire continued to advance towards Lake Tahoe, clouding the alpine vacation and tourist spot in a sickly yellow layer of s…
‘Fire weather’: dangerous days now far more common in US west, study finds
Hot, arid and dry conditions that fuel extreme wildfires have grown more frequent from Pacific coast to Great PlainsThe hot, dry and windy weather conditions fueling the huge wildfires that have besieged the western US this summer have increased in fre…
Caldor fire: crews prepare for high winds that could fan northern California blaze
The wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes and closed down a stretch of Interstate 50 to the Nevada state lineCrews were digging in and burning out fire lines amid fears that another round of high winds on Saturday could bring renewed fury to a norther…
California fire destroys mobile homes as 11,000 firefighters battle blazes
Dry and windy weather hampers efforts to fight dozens of firesDixie fire, California’s biggest, only 35% containedDry and windy weather hampered efforts to contain destructive fires that are devouring the bone-dry forests of drought-stricken northern C…
Caldor fire levels California town of Grizzly Flats as dry weather fuels blazes
Two people hospitalized with serious injuries as houses reduced to ash and post office and school destroyedFew homes were left standing in Grizzly Flats, California, the small northern California forest town leveled by the Caldor fire on Tuesday.Street…
The mountain town sheltering Dixie fire refugees: ‘Each year we hold our breath’
Quincy has become accustomed to hosting evacuees as wildfires worsen. Now some residents wonder if it’s time to leaveBy the time the Safeway parking lot in Quincy, California, began to fill with emergency vehicles and RVs carrying people planning to sp…