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Maps: See updated damage assessments for Eaton and Palisades fires
Three weeks after the Palisades and Eaton Fires, many impacted families are starting to figure out their plans moving forward ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
California Wildfire Map: Update on Containment as New Fire Starts
All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in San Luis Obispo County on Wednesday afternoon. Multiple wildfires continue ...
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How A.I. Can Help Humans Battle Wildfires, From Advanced Camera Systems to Forecasting Models
A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...
Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
California wildfires latest: Rain brings relief — and mudslides — to burn areas in Los Angeles
More than an inch of rain fell in parts of Los Angeles Monday afternoon, triggering flash flood watches and warnings in areas ...
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
Climate change set the table for Los Angeles wildfires
Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...
Border 2 Fire | Shift in weather, rain helping fight 6,600-acre fire as some evacuation warnings lifted
There were more than 2,400 personnel assigned to battle the fire. All evacuation warnings were lifted Sunday afternoon, but ...
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
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Wildland urban interface
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone ...