wildfires

Sequoia National Park says lightning-sparked wildfires in the past two years have killed a minimum of nearly 10,000 giant sequoia trees in California

The data comes just weeks after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed an agreement at the COP26 climate summit pledging to end deforestation by 2030.

A former college professor was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly starting four wildfires in Northern California earlier this year that threatened to trap firefighters as they battled a massive fire nearby, federal prosecutors said.

The chief of California’s forestry and wildland firefighting agency will retire next month after shepherding the state through three historic wildfire seasons.

Part of the rebirth of Paradise is Mayor Steve Crowder. He moved there eight years ago and was elected to the city council just days before the Camp Fire started. He lost his home and his businesses.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has marked the third anniversary of California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire by announcing that nearly 100,000 damaged trees have been removed and debris cleaned up from some 11,000 properties.

If it seems like wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive, you’re not imagining it. An analysis of wildfire data obtained by NBC owned television stations shows California has seen more megafires in the last 20 years than the previous 100 years combined. Candice Nguyen reports.

If it seems like wildfires are becoming more frequent and destructive, you’re not imagining it. An analysis of wildfire data obtained by NBC owned television stations shows California has seen more megafires in the last 20 years than the previous 100 years combined.

A geography professor at UC Riverside says aggressive wildfire-fighting tactics don’t allow wildfire fuels to burn like they once did, keeping the doors open for massive fires in the future

Wildfire season is officially over for Santa Rosa, the city fire department announced on Monday.

The 2-month-old California wildfire that threatened the Lake Tahoe resort region over the summer has been declared 100% contained

Officials have issued evacuation orders and warnings after a fire that started as prescribed burn jumped its containment line in Santa Cruz County Friday afternoon.

Firefighters and numerous studies credit forest thinning projects with helping to save communities like those near Lake Tahoe

California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to protect giant sequoias from a raging wildfire.

A woman accused of starting a wildfire in Northern California that destroyed more than 100 homes last month will be examined by psychiatrists to determine her mental stability before court proceedings continue.

As California fire seasons continue to grow longer and more intense, the need to better predict wildfire behavior has never been greater.

Wildfires have destroyed nearly 50,000 homes in California alone in the last five years, and scientists say global warming is only making things worse.

The Treasury Department is looking at the impact of climate change on American households’ finances, as well as how to address those risks.

Officials have lifted all evacuation orders after crews made great progress corralling a wildfire that authorities say was started by a woman last week

Drought and heat have combined to give us some of the largest and most destructive wildfires in recent memory.