Wildfires News
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The smoke from the fires out West, which has choked residents of California, Washington, and Oregon and painted the skies a haunting orange color, is everywhere. Now, the smoke is clouding the skies in New England, parts of Canada, and even Europe.
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Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out what is causing a mass mortality event among migratory birds. Hundreds of thousands of dead birds have been found from California to Texas, across the U.S. Southwest since August 2020.
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We have seen two intense heatwaves on the U.S. West Coast, followed by some of the most catastrophic wildfires in recent memory - while a few hundred miles to the East, temperatures dropped and two feet of snow fell. Coincidence? No, it's climate change.
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More than 200 people were airlifted to safety early Sunday after a fast-moving wildfire trapped them in a popular camping area in California’s Sierra National Forest amid record-breaking, triple-digit temperatures that are baking the state.
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Fifty million people in Nevada, California, Oregon and Arizona are under excessive, life-threatening heat watches or warnings through the Labor Day weekend as temperatures of up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit (49 Celsius) are expected.
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The number and sheer magnitude of wildfires around the globe over the last two years have set records, not only in the amount of acreage burned, but in smoke pollution. One scholar, Stephen J. Pyne, suggests humans are living in a new age, the pyrocene.
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Sacramento -
Crews were battling wildfires in the San Francisco Bay Area and thousands of people were under orders to evacuate Wednesday as hundreds of wildfires blazed across the state amid a blistering heat wave now in its second week.
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Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency Tuesday to deploy resources to "combat fires burning across the state which have been exacerbated by the effects of the historic West Coast heat wave and sustained high winds."
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Firefighters in Southern Californian and in Colorado are struggling to contain multiple wildfires in brutal dry heat, and in some areas, windy conditions. The fires have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and triggered air quality alerts.
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Firefighters across three Western states are battling wildfires that have destroyed more than 90,000 acres. Rising temperatures have not helped as firefighters in California, Oregon and Colorado work to get the blazes under control.
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Temperatures in Arctic Siberia soared to a record average for June, more than 5 degrees Celsius (9°F) above normal, in a heatwave that is stoking some of the worst wildfires the region has ever known.
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Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions - even as drought conditions are expected to worsen.
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Toronto -
The increasing frequency of wildfires in Canada’s boreal forest may be permanently changing one of the largest intact ecosystems left on Earth, research suggests.
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California utilities are experimenting with a new technology that proponents say could help prevent both electricity shutoffs and equipment failure-related wildfires.
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The National Weather Service has issued a rare “extreme red flag warning” for Southern California through Thursday evening, saying winds could top 80 mph and be the strongest in more than a decade.
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A new wildfire, called the Getty Fire, broke out this morning in Los Angeles' posh Sherman Oaks neighborhood, while in northern California, the Kincade Fire has grown to 66,231 acres, and is just 5 percent contained.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday declared a statewide emergency due to the effects of unprecedented high-wind events which have resulted in fires and evacuations across the state.
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Sacramento -
After a brief break from howling winds, firefighters in Northern California braced for more ferocious "diablo winds" Saturday, prompting PG&E to warn it may shut down power to nearly 850,000 customers - nearly 2 million people.
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Wildfires in both Los Angeles County and Northern California's wine country continued to burn Friday morning. Punishing Santa Ana winds aren't expected to die down until Friday night while heat advisories remain in effect for coastal areas.
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Sacramento -
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Northern California have had their power shut off as PG&E attempts to keep its power lines from sparking wildfires amid high winds. The blackout comes as a wildfire scorched 10,000 acres last night in Sonoma county.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Wildfires raging across southern California abated on Saturday with evacuation orders lifted after 100,000 people were forced to flee their homes.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Wildfires raging across southern California abated on Saturday with evacuation orders lifted after 100,000 people were forced to flee their homes.
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Santa Ana winds that drove fires through two Southern California areas have died down but flames that destroyed dozens of homes continue to rage.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Hundreds of thousands of Californians were still without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday as hot, windy conditions causing wildfires spread south toward Los Angeles, in a situation blasted as "unacceptable" by the state's governor.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles.
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By AFP
Los Angeles -
Rolling blackouts set to affect millions of Californians began Wednesday as a utility company started switching off power to an unprecedented number of households in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires.
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Anchorage -
In one Alaska village, officials are barging in jugs of water and shutting off the public water supply 12 hours each day. In another, automatic flush toilets have been switched to manual flushing, and restaurants are serving meals on paper plates.
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Juneau -
Take the impacts from the climate crisis, throw in an incredibly warm and dry summer - and you one of the most destructive fire seasons Alaskan's have experienced in a number of years.
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As Brazil’s wildfires continue to rage, it has been widely reported that the Amazon rainforest is responsible for producing 20 percent of the world’s oxygen supply. This is incorrect, according to carbon cycle expert Neal Blair.
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Bowing to increasing pressure to act from leaders around the world and protesters in the streets, President Jair Bolsonaro sent Brazil's military to fight forest fires raging in the Amazon rainforest.
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Wildfires Image
Businesses are burned to the ground by brushfires in the town of Dunalley, Tasmania. Screen Capture
British Columbia Government News
LANDSAT imagery show the comparison of idle fields in California from 2011 to 2015. LANDSAT/NASA
The Deer Zone Fires - Firefighters are battling 3-5 separate fires totaling 50-75 acres, moderate rate of spread in the Round Valley Area (Contra Costa County). Cal Fire SCU
An aerial view of the Red Deer Creek wildfire near the B.C. / Alberta boundary. Govt. of British Columbia
File photo: Michele posted this image on Twitter with a very short comment: "There are no more words." This speaks eloquently for many people in our Southeastern states facing these fires. NC Forest Service
A firefighter pulls a hose into position while battling the Cocos fire on May 15, 2014 in San Marcos, California David Mcnew, Getty/AFP/File
Bureau of Land Management Fire and Aviation
Firefighters in Alaska are battling two wildfires today. YouTube
A State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection spokesman said that twenty-three large fires, many sparked by lightning strikes, were burning across Northern California, some 8,000 firefighters attempting to subdue them. August 1, 2015. Wochit News
As of August 3, 2018, 135 wildfires are burning on 1.6 million acres of private, state, tribal, and federal land. Approximately 6,000 of the USDA Forest Service firefighters are assisting with fighting these fires.
(August 8, 2018) U.S. Forest Service / @forestservice
Firefighters tackle a wildfire in the town of La Ronge, Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations
Examples of forest dryness progressing across western states in 2019. Krishna Rao/Stanford University
The ScanEagle was the UAS used on the Paradise fire in Olympic National Park. National Park Service
North Port Fire Department Lieutenant Romeo Carrano with the glow of a fire burning deeper in the woods, lays down some water & chemicals at the edge of a road to keep the fire that's heading his way from jumping over the road.
When a fire is spreading quickly or its about to threaten a home, as in this wildfire it is approaching a farm, policeman will help to keep a fire from spreading. In this 2006 photo, North Port police officer Noel Coward is pulling a hose to help firemen, already fighting the blaze, so they can extend the reach of the water.
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