Haunting Before-And-After Images Show Devastation of California Fires
What remains from the fires that broke out Jan. 7 is a charred landscape, filled with skeletal trees and blackened debris.
Tree rings and fire scars show fewer forest fires burn in North America today than in the past
Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...
LA flash flood watch: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger destructive debris flows − a geologist explains how
Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...
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Students and teachers find ways to keep learning after wildfires destroy schools
Amid the devastation of the wildfires that tore through Southern California last month, thousands had their education ...
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LA fires left blank slate for rebuilding. Whose priorities will chart the path?
With the LA fires contained, homeowners will be deciding how to rebuild. Officials, nonprofits, and others are already ...
How I Reached Acceptance 7 Years After Losing My House in a Wildfire
Sean Hope Kelly is a cartoonist whose work appeared in “Rescue Party: A Graphic Anthology of Covid Lockdown.” ...
‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
Los Angeles County keeps building in hillsides and canyons even as the fire risk worsens. For a century, the lure of ...
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Crew rushes to recover commuter plane found crashed on Alaska sea ice before expected snow and wind
Just hours after finding 10 people dead in western Alaska from one of the deadliest plane crashes in the state in 25 years, authorities raced to recover their remains and the wreckage of the small ...
Opinion
The Los Angeles wildfires are finally contained, but Californians still aren’t safe
The smoke may be temporary, but toxic air pollution is an ever-present danger with effects that linger for generations.
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Environmental news: Will the aftermath of the LA fires affect Americans nationwide?
Air quality in Los Angeles, the latest climate-related moves from the Trump administration and insurance woes on Martha's ...
What the homes that survived the L.A. fires reveal
The few structures still standing in Altadena and Pacific Palisades may offer clues on making homes more resistant to wildfire.
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Researchers tested sandboxes and street dust for lead after the Eaton Fire. Here's what they found
Late last month, before the rains arrived, USC professor Seth John traveled through foothill neighborhoods devastated by the ...