Wildfire July 16, 2021 California fire erupts near site of deadliest US wildfire A California fire churned through unpopulated mountain wilderness Thursday, but posed no immediate threat to the nearby town of Paradise, site of the deadliest wildfire in recent U.S. history. Still, survivors of the 2018 blaze worried that history could repeat itself.
US July 15, 2021 Arizona hit hard with flash flooding in wildfire burn scar After weeks of scorching heat and devastating drought, Arizona cities have been inundated with flash flooding.
Wildfire July 14, 2021 Wildfires in US West threaten parched Native American lands Fierce wildfires in the Pacific Northwest are threatening Native American lands where tribes already are struggling to conserve water and preserve traditional hunting grounds amid a historic drought in the U.S. West.
US July 14, 2021 Wildfires spread over 1M acres of drought-stricken US Raging wildfires continued to blaze across the western U.S. on Wednesday, menacing homes and forcing evacuations.
Wildfire July 13, 2021 Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California's power supply.
Wildfire July 12, 2021 California and other parts of the West broil and burn A large swath of the West baked during the weekend in triple-digit temperatures that were expected to continue into the start of the work week.
US July 8, 2021 Western states prepare for post-fire flash flooding Out west, several states are still fighting wildfires, but now a new threat is emerging in their burn scars. A sudden downpour of rain has ripped through a small Arizona town, leaving some residents without a home.
US July 4, 2021 Wildfire threats force western cities to ban Fourth of July fireworks Another dangerous wildfire season is underway amidst record-shattering heat and a scary and historic drought, leading state and local officials across the U.S. to ban fireworks around Sunday's Fourth of July holiday.
US July 3, 2021 Death toll in Northwest heat wave expected to continue rising Each day, more deaths are being linked to the heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest this past week, with medical staff who treated people overwhelmed by temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) saying the toll from the extreme weather will keep creeping up.
SCIENCE July 3, 2021 RISING SMOKE: After 10.3M acres burned in US last year, West's 2021 fire season outlook uncertain A wildfire is burning in California. And Oregon. And Washington. And Arizona. Historic drought and climate change play a major role in the 2021 fire season.
Joe Biden July 2, 2021 Biden nominee for land agency touted husband's suggestion to let houses caught in forest fires 'burn' Tracy Stone-Manning pushed her husband Richard Manning’s 2018 Harper’s Magazine report on wildfires where he wrote the “political issue” surrounding people living in or around forests is “easily solved” by having the federal government make fighting fires “a social contract.”