Wildfire

New report highlights Maui County mayor in botched wildfire response

A report from Hawaii Attorney General Anne Lopez focused on the actions of the Maui County mayor in ...

us | 5 months ago

Worst U.S. cities for air pollution ranked in new American Lung Association report

Almost four out of every 10 people in the United States live in a place where air pollution is consi...

us | 5 months ago

Wildfire in Canada forces thousands to evacuate as smoke causes dangerous air quality

Thousands of residents from a Canadian town are being urged to evacuate amid a fast-growing wildfire...

world | 5 months ago

Canadian town bracing for its last stand against out-of-control 13,000-acre wildfire

A Canadian town is bracing for what its mayor says could be its "last stand" against a raging out-of...

world | 5 months ago

Why does Canada have so many wildfires?

Toronto — Wildfire season has arrived in full force in Western Canada, prompting evacuation orders a...

world | 5 months ago

Post Fire and Point Fire maps show where wildfires have spread in California

Firefighters across California are working to extinguish blazes that broke out over the weekend and ...

us | 3 months ago

New Mexico village of Ruidoso orders residents to evacuate due to raging wildfire: "GO NOW"

Residents of the southern New Mexico village of Ruidoso were ordered to flee their homes Monday with...

us | 3 months ago

FBI offers up to $10,000 reward for information about deadly New Mexico wildfires

The FBI on Saturday offered a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest and convi...

us | 3 months ago

Extreme wildfire risk has doubled in the past 20 years, new study shows, as climate change accelerates

Summer has just begun and already the 2024 wildfire season is off to a destructive start. Nearly 20,...

us | 3 months ago

Canadian wildfires released more carbon emissions than burning fossil fuels, study shows

Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in...

us | 3 months ago

"Dangerous heat" expected to spread up West Coast, break records, according to forecasters

Temperatures are expected to soar along the U.S. West Coast on Friday and Saturday, the National Wea...

us | 3 months ago

Firefighting pilot killed in small plane crash in Montana

A pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday a...

us | 3 months ago

Utah wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations

A wildfire in Salt Lake City forced people living uphill from Utah's state capitol to evacuate, and ...

us | 2 months ago

Park Fire in Northern California explodes in its first day

A wildfire that started Wednesday afternoon in a park near Chico, California, north of Sacramento, g...

us | 2 months ago

Oregon's wildfire grew so large it created its own weather system. Here's how that can happen.

Oregon's Durkee Fire — the largest active blaze in the U.S. — has burned more than 268,500 acres of ...

us | 2 months ago

Firefighting pilot killed in tanker plane crash in Oregon

A tanker plane that disappeared in eastern Oregon while fighting one of the many wildfires spreading...

us | 2 months ago