By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island state just a few months after a devastating blaze on a neighboring island leveled an entire town and killed at...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency Tuesday as firefighters responded to two wildfires that amid dry conditions and high winds. The declaration allows Virginia to mobilize additional resources, staff and equipment to help with the response, the...
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Officials have declared a state of emergency in a western North Carolina community where a wildfire has burned hundreds of acres, some structures and now is threatening dozens of homes. Crews are fighting several separate blazes in forested...
HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. The flames haven't threatened homes or...
AGUANGA, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters on Wednesday made inroads in containing a Southern California wildfire, but officials said many homes and other buildings remain threatened by the blaze that at one point saw thousands of people under orders to evacuate The Highland...
https://twitter.com/City_of_SLO/status/1719527814469468470 Kaytlyn Leslie, Sara Kassabian, Mackenzie Shuman, Stephanie Zappelli, and John Lynch The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (TNS) Oct. 31—Four fires erupted in San Luis Obispo County on Monday afternoon,...
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui police held a news conference on Monday to show 16 minutes of body camera footage taken the day a wildfire tore through Lahaina town in August, including video of officers rescuing 15 people from a coffee shop and...
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric — one of the nation's largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California's deadliest wildfires — wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas to prevent...
JUST IN: Shocking footage of fast-moving wildfires approaching Villa Carlos Paz in Argentina right now pic.twitter.com/ROB9Q6mXnN — Anonymous (@YourAnonOne) October 10, 2023 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Dozens of people were evacuated from their homes in...
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California county has filed lawsuits alleging a major power company's negligence caused two wildfires that collectively burned thousands of acres and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. Orange County, which is...
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will let insurance companies consider climate change when setting their prices, the state's chief regulator announced Thursday, a move aimed at preventing insurers from fleeing the state over fears of...
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300-foot-tall (91.44...
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