NATHAN PORCENG - The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. — This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New York state politics. Sign up for their stories at nysfocus.com/newsletter. Joseph Nickischer can’t remember...
Grace Toohey - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — In a matter of hours, the Mountain fire charged rapidly across the Santa Susana Mountains and into nearby foothill neighborhoods, forcing widespread evacuations and demanding intense firefights from crews showered in...
Clara Harter, Noah Haggerty, Jired Deng and Sandra McDonald - Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Firefighters were struggling to contain a fast-moving Ventura County wildfire on Thursday that had destroyed numerous homes — and the dangerous winds fueling those flames...
Clara Harter - Los Angeles Times Because of unusually strong winds, the National Weather Service has issued a rare Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warning for wide swaths of L.A. County and southwest California, stretching from late Tuesday through Thursday....
Sarah Linn - Merced Sun-Star (Merced, Calif.) (TNS) Parts of Northern California were under a red flag warning as of Thursday, Oct. 17, putting the region at higher risk for wildfires. Gusty winds up to 55 mph were expected to sweep the region. “This combined with low...
The Bismarck Tribune, N.D. Wildfire concerns are mounting in North Dakota again, with breezy conditions and little rain in the forecast this week. Meanwhile, the 2024 growing season has officially come to an end in the region. Wind gusts in the western and central...
Daniel Hunt - The Sacramento Bee As California braced for critical fire conditions starting Thursday afternoon, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials said a quick-moving storm that produced rain in some locations helped planners reduce the number of counties and...
Eric Young The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) (TNS) As Colorado Springs's population and construction needs continue to grow, so does the risk of wildfires throughout the city and region. With this threat in mind, the Colorado Springs Fire Department has partnered...
Philipp Znidar Rio de Janeiro — The air shimmers with heat as the flames consume the dry grass. The sky over the endless expanse of the Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland in the world, is shrouded in dense clouds of smoke. "I think of the many animals suffering...
Noelle Crombie - oregonlive.com The state has received about a dozen complaints against Oregon Department of Forestry leaders this year, with some employees alleging a hostile culture toward women, a lack of diversity and a fear of retaliation. The complaints include...
Emma Loura - The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. Oct. 10—Local officials are seeking a grant that provides resources to help communities protect against wildfires. Together with the Kansas Forest Service, the Riley County Emergency Management and Fire Department applied for a...
Anabel Sosa - Los Angeles Times (TNS) A human-caused brush fire near San Jacinto had grown hundreds of acres by Sunday evening, leading to evacuation warnings and sending six firefighters to local hospitals, according to fire officials. Fire crews first responded to...
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