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3 days ago · Critical fire weather conditions and damaging downslope winds expected through Thursday across portions of Southern California with extremely critical fire weather likely for parts of Los Angeles ...
'Unprecedented' Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations
Oct 3, 2024 · The fire, which lightning first ignited on Sept. 27, has burned 49,555 acres in North-Central Wyoming along the border of Montana and closed the major roadway of US Highway 14.
North Dakota wildfires trigger statewide emergency, evacuations
Oct 6, 2024 · North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide fire emergency as wildfires killed one person and triggered numerous evacuations.
Global wildfires made much more likely thanks to climate change
Nov 19, 2024 · The first-ever global wildfire season report was recently released, and it didn't bode well for the future of fires. Here's why.
Wildfire smoke directly increases dementia risk
Dec 9, 2024 · The study found that people exposed to PM2.5 from wildfires had an 18% increase in the odds of a dementia diagnosis. See the research here.
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Dec 11, 2024 · Extreme wildfire events made the 2023-24 fire season record-breaking for numerous reasons: Canada’s largest wildfire ever spewing unprecedented emissions, deadly fast-moving fires in Hawaii and ...
Idaho wildfire spreads toward isolated town, smoke restricts aircraft
Aug 26, 2024 · The Wapiti Fire has burned nearly 70,000 acres of the Boise National Forest. Massive smoke plumes are restricting help from aircraft.
Evacuations hold for Utah’s largest wildfire of the season
Oct 16, 2024 · The Yellow Lake Fire has burned 32,919 acres of Utah’s Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and is at 29% containment as of Wednesday morning, officially making it the state’s largest wildfire ...
‘Extreme’ Crete wildfire forces evacuations of villages
Aug 8, 2024 · A rapidly spreading wildfire triggered evacuations in central Crete Wednesday afternoon, according to the European Union’s Space Program.
Russia declares multiple states of emergency as wildfires threaten ...
Jul 18, 2024 · Multiple wildfires across Russia have caused officials to issue multiple states of emergency and evacuate thousands, while government officials are accused of largely ignoring the problem.