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California Kindling: A Dry Winter and Reduced Snowpack Means Wildfires for the Golden State
The wildfire season is starting early in southern California this year, thanks in part to an unusually dry winter and spring. As the climate warms, will drought...
Cooler Weather Aids Fight Against Calif. Wildfire
Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.
Climate Change Plays a Role in Wildfires—But Not the Only One
The West is burning. The early weeks of summer have been marked by brutal forest fires in states like Montana, Wyoming, Utah and most of all Colorado, where that...
Colorado Wildfires as Seen from Space
The fires raging through Colorado and other western U.S. states are already some of the worst in memory, with the Waldo Canyon fire being called the worst in...
The 6 Most Gripping Videos of the Colorado Wildfires
Wildfires that began in Colorado on June 8 have destroyed more than 100 structures and have taken one life, Reuters reports, and much of the blaze has yet to be...
Photo Essays
Waco Tornado, 1953: Photos From the Aftermath of a Deadly Texas Twister
The world is a dangerous place. Earthquakes, floods, wildfires, volcanoes, droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes reshape the land, destroy lives and lay waste to...
Wildfires Ravage California Coast
Authorities on Thursday battled fast-moving flames devouring thousands of acres of brush and threatening hundreds of homes along the Pacific Coast Highway in...
Time.com Specials
Top 10 Devastating Wildfires
Hot dry air and high winds have been fueling wildfires in Arizona, pushing them towards the New Mexico border. TIME takes a look at wildfires that have raged in...
Articles from Around the Web
1 of 2 fires north of LA contained
One of two wildfires burning in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles was fully contained Saturday and authorities were getting an upper hand on the...
2 Fires North of LA Persist After Long Fire Week
2 stubborn wildfires persist after week full of blazes off I-5 north of Los Angeles ...
2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week
A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north of Los Angeles. ...
Wildfire risk runs high, but budget cuts mean fewer firefighters
WASHINGTON -- The drought that caused record wildfires in California and other Western states last year is expected to persist through the summer, but fewer firefighters will...
