Fires in California

USA

Progress made on containing Hughes fire as new fires erupt

Firefighters make progress on Hughes fire north of Los Angeles as a new wildfire erupts in Southern California.

24/01/2025

Travel News

Should you cancel your LA trip because of the wildfires?

If you’ve got to travel to, through or from Los Angeles soon, is it safe to go?

15/01/2025

USA

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.

14/01/2025

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.

13/01/2025

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.

12/01/2025

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.

11/01/2025

Travel News

LA wildfire victims offered free Airbnbs and discounted hotels

Dozens of hospitality and tourism businesses are offering their support to residents and travellers forced to flee from fire-impacted areas.

10/01/2025

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.

10/01/2025

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.

09/01/2025

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.

09/01/2025

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.

09/01/2025

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.

08/01/2025

Green News

Big Oil: US citizens call for investigation into ‘criminal’ practices

In the US, more than 10,000 survivors and their allies have called on the Department of Justice to hold fossil fuel polluters accountable.

16/08/2024

Green News

In pictures: California wildfire triples in size overnight

Drought conditions and climate change have created a volatile environment which has made wildfires more destructive and harder to control.

26/07/2024

Green News

Heatwave Yago: Here's why Seville is naming its extreme heat events

The first-of-its-kind initiative predicts that the heatwave could be more intense than Heatwave Zoe was last summer.

26/06/2023

USA

Yosemite National Park fire triggers state of emergency in California

A fast-moving bush fire - the size of 144 football fields - has forced thousands of Californians to flee, as a state of emergency is declared.

24/07/2022

Nature

World's oldest trees at risk of extinction due to Yosemite wildfires

A blaze in California's Yosemite National Park is threatening the ancient giant sequoia trees.

11/07/2022

Nature

Wildfires threaten some of the world's oldest living trees

The largest tree in the world, General Sherman in Sequoia National Park, California, was wrapped in an aluminium blanket to protect it from the flames.

21/09/2021

USA

Fire crews struggling to save California giant sequoias

More than 9,000 square kilometres have been scorched by a series of wildfires in recent weeks in California that also destroyed hundreds of homes.

17/09/2021

Green News

First Europe, now the States: Extreme weather hits the US

After a summer of wildfires and extreme heat in Europe, the USA is feeling the effects of climate change as hurricanes, wildfires and flooding leaves thousands without homes.

03/09/2021