When the U.S. Census Bureau recently revealed a small increase in California’s population, it came as a welcome sign to some that the state was growing again. The data even showed a slightly reduced ...

The hot and dry weather in the West creates the perfect conditions for wildfires. One currently burning in central Oregon, the Flat Fire, is threatening nearly 4,000 homes — at least four have been ...

A "firenado," a large wildfire caught up in a swift tornado, was spotted in eastern Utah, near the Colorado border, last weekend. The fire-induced tornado developed within the Deer Creek Fire just ...

A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert, ...

May 23 (Reuters) - Southern California Edison (SCE), a unit of utility Edison International (EIX.N), opens new tab, agreed on Friday to pay $82.5 million to settle claims with the U.S. Forest Service ...

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Above: A fire tornado in California in 2022. As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which ...

A fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, appeared in Brentwood, California, on Jan. 13 during the Palisades fires. A firenado is a whirl of fire and ash caused by intense heat and turbulent wind ...

Wild footage shows the moments a "firenado" broke out in the midst of the chaos that was the Palisades Fire escalating once again on Friday, moving quickly towards Mandeville Canyon near Brentwood.