Van Bakel added that the concentration of assets that were exposed to the wildfire has impacted loss estimates because most wildfires are in boreal forests, where property is not densely concentrated ...

The costs and complexities of age-old natural threats to life and property are snowballing due to the nasty synergy between population overshoot, population growth in dangerous locations and extreme ...

After nearly a month of devastation, the historic wildfire leaves over 6,800 structures destroyed, sparking debates on land management and fueling calls for change as residents begin the rebuilding ...

“However, flying drones in a restricted area could cause a catastrophe,” Davis said ... The conflagration fueled by dry Santa Ana winds has scorched at least 36 square miles (94 square kilometers) of ...

It was Joan Didion in her 1967 essay, Los Angeles Notebook, who observed that the onset of a Santa Ana wind event is a mood, a queasy, premonitory pit in the stomach. The winds – the high ...

As a school committed to sustainability, it is crucial to educate students about the factors that made these fires so devastating.

Answer: The Santa Ana winds have everything to do with weather. It starts with a high-pressure area over the Great Basin. That’s a huge area, spanning much of Nevada, Utah and parts of ...

WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS ANOTHER SANTA ANA PATTERN DEVELOPS. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND PEAK OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

As fires have raged, so have citations of the prescient author Mike Davis. But in a changed world, we need new thinkers too.

The city was placed under yet another red flag warning Monday as the Santa Ana winds picked up their ferocious speeds and continued into Tuesday, with gusts on the dry mountains blowing between 80 ...

The Southern California wildfires have been ravaging the region since January 7, exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity and the strong Santa Ana winds.