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Private efforts to combat wildfires are not just for the superrich – many work for insurers seeking to minimize the policies they’d have to pay out

Learn about the impact of wildfires on drinking water safety in Los Angeles and the measures taken by utilities to ensure water quality post-fire incidents.

The wildfires in the Greater Los Angeles area are creating emergency situations that are shaping up to be a once-in-a-generation event. And in the midst of multiple active fires with evacuation orders for specific neighbourhoods, a general emergency alert to evacuate was sent out in error.

Amidst incalculable losses for so many Angelenos we consider the architectural gems lost in the wildfires

The Environmental Protection Agency said “forever chemicals” in fertilizer made from sewage and spread across pasture endanger farmers and others who regularly consume beef, milk and other products from those farms

Firefighters around Los Angeles are preparing to attack flare-ups or new blazes

As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities

As uncontrolled blazes have turned large swaths of Los Angeles into hellscapes the last week, Associated Press photographers have been on the frontlines. They have captured burning so intense that it lights the night sky, people so shocked they have a hard time putting sentences together and destruction so complete…

L.A. faces explosive conditions for fire growth as high winds and dry conditions worsen.

Around the world, dramatic swings between heavy rain and drought are increasing exponentially, new research finds

The wildfires raging through Los Angeles are the most destructive and likely the deadliest in the county’s history.