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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.