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Maps and images expose extent of Los Angeles wildfire destruction

These maps and images vividly depict the vast scale of the challenge, showing the areas engulfed by fires and the destruction they have caused.

Green News

Natural disaster home insurance: Lessons learned from LA wildfires

As the scale of uninsured losses from the Los Angeles wildfires becomes clear, are insurers ready for a climate change-induced ‘new normal’?

Business

California wildfire costs set to impact European reinsurance giants

The current California wildfires have caused billions of euros worth of losses to property and infrastructure. European reinsurance companies may also be affected.

Culture news

FireAid: Benefit concert announced for LA wildfire victims

Described as an “evening of music and solidarity", FireAid will take place later this month. Disney and LA sports organisations have also pledged money and started raising funds for the victims of the LA wildfires.

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Los Angeles wildfires claim 24 lives and leave thousands homeless

Firefighters are battling wildfires in Los Angeles that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people. Officials warn the death toll may rise.

USA

Los Angeles officials say wildfire death toll has risen to 16

Strong winds have been largely blamed for turning the wildfires into infernos that destroyed entire neighbourhoods around a city which has seen no significant rainfall in more than eight months.

USA

Los Angeles wildfires - in pictures

Los Angeles wildfires - in pictures

USA

Death toll from California wildfires rises to 11, officials say

Dozens of blocks of the scenic Pacific Palisades area have been flattened to smouldering rubble while in neighbouring Malibu, blackened palm strands were all that was left above debris where oceanfront homes once stood.

USA

Death toll rises to 10 as wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles

At least 10 are believed to be dead as multiple blazes scorch several cities in the Los Angeles County Area in one of the worst outbreaks of wildfires to strike southern California.

Health news

How smoke from LA wildfires is now threatening the health of millions

As major fires spread through Los Angeles, what are the risks of wildfire smoke on people's health?

Economy

California wildfires damage: What is the economic cost likely to be?

The LA wildfires are expected to cost California at least $135 billion in damages, according to analysts.

Green News

Climate change is a ‘big culprit’ of California fires, say scientists

A cocktail of extreme weather events is turning California’s wildfires into a deadly urban conflagration.

Culture news

LA wildfires: Hollywood celebs evacuated - Oscar nominations postponed

Hollywood celebrities are among thousands to have been evacuated from their homes as fires blaze through areas of Los Angeles.

USA

At least five killed as six different fires burn across Los Angeles

At least five people killed as six fires burn across the Los Angeles County with officials expecting the death toll to rise.

Culture news

Screen Actors Guild Awards cancel live nominations due to LA wildfires

The wildfires in Los Angeles have led to the cancellation of several entertainment events, including today's live SAG nominations.

USA

More than 30,000 told to evacuate as fire rips through California

A wildfire fanned by harsh winds is sweeping through a Los Angeles enclave home to multiple celebrity residences.

Green News

Is the Amazon rainforest reaching a ‘long-feared tipping point’?

Governments have historically viewed the Amazon as an area to be exploited, with little regard for sustainability or the rights of its Indigenous peoples.

Green News

Arctic tundra now emitting more carbon than it stores

Dramatic changes in the Arctic are being driven by high temperatures and intense wildfires.

Europe News

Greek firefighters demand full-time jobs as summers get more perilous

Greece and several other countries in Europe are struggling to deal with worsening wildfires that are exacerbated by climate change.

Green News

Greek wildfire kills two people and forces villages to evacuate

The flames were fanned on by strong winds blowing through forests left tinder-dry by a warm spring and hot summer.