Tag: wildfires
HEALDSBURG, Calif. ? Firefighters struggled Friday against a wildfire burning across Sonoma County wine country as Northern California braced for a weekend of intense winds, critical fire danger and mass power outages. The Kincade fire…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A Northern California wildfire exploded in size early today as dangerously windy weather prompted the states largest utility to impose electrical blackouts in an effort to prevent fire catastrophes. The fire…
LOS ANGELES (AP) A wildfire raged out of control along the northern edge of Los Angeles early Friday, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battled flames from the air…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Californias largest utility cut power to 24,000 northern customers Monday evening as fall brings back dangerous weather conditions and the company tries to head off wildfires sparked by electrical equipment. The…
Flames are spreading across the Amazon rainforest this summer, spewing millions of tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each day. But scientists say thats not their biggest concern. Theyre far more worried about what…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Brazil’s official monitoring agency is reporting a sharp increase in wildfires this year, and President Jair Bolsonaro suggested Wednesday, without citing evidence, that non-governmental organizations could be setting them to…
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) The Trump administration is proposing an ambitious plan to slow Western wildfires by bulldozing, mowing or revegetating large swaths of land along 11,000 miles of terrain in the West. The…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) President Donald Trump threatened Wednesday to withhold money to help California cope with wildfires, a day after new Gov. Gavin Newsom asked him to double the federal investment in forest management.…
WASHINGTON (TNS) An increasingly fierce debate about how to prevent deadly wildfires in California is threatening to endanger crucial crop insurance for farmers in Kansas and Missouri. In the wake of wildfires that killed…
