Weather Service meteorologists make their forecasts based on a combination of current conditions, historical events, and computer weather models. They take all this information and then predict what they think is the most likely outcome. There are always external factors, situations that may occur but are less likely. Sometimes, a storm will outperform forecasts, and … Read more
The peak high above Los Angeles is full of clues. There are broken pieces of electrical equipment, and a grove of madrones blackened by the fire. Police tape has been tied around a patch of sandy soil, now mixed with ash. Investigators have focused on these rocky cliffs with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean … Read more
We received an evacuation alert on Wednesday night. The fire came out of nowhere and threatened to spread throughout Hollywood. I took our son out of the bathtub. We got into the car and drove north, passing two other fires, amid smoke and sirens, gridlock and chaos, flames on the horizon in all directions. People … Read more
Massive wildfires continued to spread across Los Angeles on Sunday as the top US emergency official warned that rising winds could pose new dangers in the coming days. “The winds are becoming strong and potentially dangerous,” Dean Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, told CNN. “state of the Union” show. “You … Read more
Newly elected President Donald J. Trump delivered fresh criticism early Sunday to officials in charge of fighting the Los Angeles wildfires, calling them “incompetent” and asking why the fires haven’t been extinguished yet. “The fire is still raging in L.A.” Mr Trump wrote On his Truth Social site. “Incompetent cops don’t know how to put … Read more
It kills more people every year than car accidents, war or drugs. This invisible killer is air pollution from sources like cars and trucks or factory smokestacks. But health experts say that as wildfires increase in a warming world, the smoke from these fires is emerging as a new and deadly pollution source. By some … Read more
More than 130,000 people in the Los Angeles area were ordered to evacuate early Thursday as firefighters battled several major wildfires that have already killed at least five people and destroyed more than 1,000 structures. Had gone. A new, fast-spreading fire broke out in the Hollywood Hills late Wednesday night, prompting the latest orders for … Read more