Two years after the deadliest American wildfire in more than a century reduced much of the historic Hawaiian town of Lahaina to ash, the community in Maui continues its slow journey toward recovery. The August 2023 fires killed more than 100 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses. While damaged structures have been cleared,…
Los Angeles — David Israel’s home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles burned down in January’s devastating Palisades Fire. “It was such a beautiful, beautiful curated house,” Israel told CBS News back in January when he returned to the site of the scorched home with his son, Orly, to see what was left…
The fires that ravaged Los Angeles at the beginning of this year took 31 lives by the official count, but new research estimates there were hundreds more deaths that are attributable to the disaster. In the study, published in the medical journal JAMA on Wednesday, researchers analyzed data on the number of deaths in Los…
Smoke from western U.S., Canada wildfires causes air quality concerns – CBS News Watch CBS News Smoke from fires across the West and Canada is causing potential health risks for people across the U.S. Satellite images show smoke from the wildfires in California is creating unhealthy air as far away as Las Vegas. Source link
Two wildfires burning in the western United States – including one that has become a “megafire” on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon – are so hot that they’re spurring the formation of “fire clouds” that can create their own erratic weather systems. In Arizona, the wind-whipped Dragon Bravo Fire that destroyed the Grand…
The wildfire that destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge earlier this month has expanded to more than 105,000 acres, fire officials in Arizona said Thursday. A timelapse video captured on Tuesday shows smoke from the Dragon Bravo Fire producing a large pyrocumulus cloud, or fire cloud, near the Grand Canyon. This type of cloud forms…
The Los Angeles wildfires and severe spring thunderstorms are just a few of the natural disasters that have contributed to more than $131 billion in global losses for the first half of 2025, according to a new report from the insurance company Munich Re. Overall losses so far in 2025 were slightly lower than the…
A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 acres to become what’s officially known as a megafire. Nearly 900 personnel have been battling the Cram Fire about 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) southeast of Portland, and they have…
How forests are being restored after wildfires – CBS News Watch CBS News Oregon’s Cram Fire exploded this week, now covering more than 90,000 acres. As firefighters work to contain the fire, here’s a look at new reforestation efforts following major fire devastation. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live…
Questions about response to wildfires burning near Grand Canyon – CBS News Watch CBS News Arizona firefighters are trying to contain two wildfires that have forced hundreds of tourists from the north rim of the Grand Canyon and burned a historic lodge. Ian Lee reports that the state’s governor is demanding answers to how the…