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Santa Ana winds, drought and a hotter planet have helped exacerbate the fires in California

The Palisades Fire in LA County is expected to be the costliest wildfire in history, fueled by extreme weather conditions and climate change.

Winds will whip up and humidity levels will drop in Southern California this week, raising the risk for wildfires in parched areas still recovering from a recent destructive blaze

As the US grapples with smoky skies, Trump is solidifying an anti-science agenda – here are the challenges ahead

Possible climate rollbacks and ramped up emissions under Trump would be costly on an international scale, scientists say

Tropical systems Helene and Debby bring record rainfall to South Carolina, highlighting climate change impact.

California’s largest wildfire this year has been significantly tamed as the state’s initially fierce fire season has, at least temporarily, fallen into a relative calm

Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state's largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles.

Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change