The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it more difficult to contain.

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Climate change is an intensifier — a force that amplifies and worsens existing conditions. It increases the probability that extreme conditions will compound and become unprecedented.

THR spends a night battling looters and wildfires with Covered 6, the most successful — and, until now, secretive — private security force in Los Angeles. Is this the future of public safety? Or the ...

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.

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The LA County Sheriff’s Department is commending two deputies for their heroic efforts to save multiple senior citizens from the Eaton fire.

As of Thursday morning, the Crooked Creek Fire in McDowell County has burned an estimated 250 acres and is now 55% contained.

Environmentalists say Trump is using the LA fires as cover to seize more control of the state’s precious water. Most Southern ...

The FireAid benefit concerts will be star-studded, with Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, and more performing. Here's how to see it all as it happens.

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California, on January 8. Robyn ...

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