At least 17 wildfires were actively burning Monday in North and South Carolina, where blazes that erupted over the weekend forced evacuations and a state of emergency. The largest of them, in the Carolina Forest area near Myrtle Beach, spread over 1,600 acres in just a couple of days and remained largely uncontained as of officials’…
Brush fires that erupted amid dry and windy conditions caused officials in both North and South Carolina to order evacuations Saturday. A fire in North Carolina’s Polk County was burning at least 400 acres and was at zero containment, according to Jeremy Waldrop with the North Carolina Fire Service. Waldrop said that structures could be…
Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that insurance companies can’t bring their own legal actions against those blamed for Maui’s catastrophic 2023 wildfire, allowing a $4 billion settlement that was on the verge of collapse to proceed. Other steps remain in finalizing the deal between thousands of people who lodged lawsuits and various defendants, including Hawaiian Electric…
L.A. area’s recovery effort amid devastating wildfires – CBS News Watch CBS News Real estate mogul and one-time Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso spoke to CBS News’ Jonathan Vigliotti about L.A.’s recovery amid the deadly wildfires, the area’s resiliency and launching a nonprofit coalition of businesses leaders in hopes to work with government officials…
What to know about President Trump’s order to release Northern California water for wildfires – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump claimed that California “withheld water supplies” that could have made a difference fighting the deadly wildfires. He then ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to release billions of gallons of water from Northern…
How a school impacted by L.A.-area wildfires is finding innovative ways to help students learn – CBS News Watch CBS News The Pasadena Rosebud Academy Charter School in Altadena, California, was destroyed by the Eaton Fire. Shawn Brown, the executive director of the school, lost her home in the fire as well, but she has…
L.A. wildfire cleanup complicated by debris L.A. area wildfire cleanups complicated by toxic waste, debris 01:41 The FireAid benefit concert, the one-night-only event that will bring together 27 musicians, will take place Thursday to help fund efforts to rebuild communities impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. The wildfires in the L.A. area that started on…
An “out of control” wildfire erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday, just four months after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Helene. As of 4:30 p.m., the blaze, dubbed the Crooked Creek Fire, has so far burned 150 acres, emergency officials said, and remains 0% contained. Evacuations are now…
New wildfires erupt in Southern California – CBS News Watch CBS News Fire crews are still battling multiple wildfires across Southern California, including the Hughes Fire which broke out Wednesday and has already torched more than 10,000 acres and forced tens of thousands of evacuations in north Los Angeles County. The threat of Santa Ana…
16m ago Palisades Fire is 59% contained As of Monday morning, the Palisades Fire was 59% contained and had scorched 37 square miles, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. The Eaton Fire was 87% contained and had burned over 14 square miles. By Alex Sundby https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/la-fires-southern-california-high-winds-wildfire-risk/#post-update-09632d7a …