Al Roker talks to climate scientist Alexander Gershunov about the conditions that made the L.A. wildfires so devastating.

Climate change increased the likelihood of the recent Southern California wildfires ... reducing the fuel load that can lead to catastrophic wildfire. Another, BurnBot, has developed a remotely ...

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed more than two dozen people. Weaker winds enabled firefighters to make inroads ...

Winter weather returns to western Washington this weekend with heavy mountain snow ... As devastating wildfires continue to ravage Southern California, Washington state officials are urging ...

“Last year was very wet in Southern California … leading to what we call excessive fuel loading, a lot of extra fuel for potential fires,” he noted. “Now, since September, Southern ...

Winds were picking up overnight, potentially fueling the fires. Follow continuing ... a handful of flights in Southern California on Tuesday, largely because of heavy winds at airports in Burbank ...

A nightmare came true for Hope Edelman. “This is the big one we all feared, but somehow convinced ourselves would never happen,” said Edelman, an author and 27-year resident of Topanga Canyon ...

What begins as wildfire becomes an urban conflagration, with homes serving as the main fuel ... Southern California and other vulnerable areas need a transformational shift in mindset away from ...

"We see these fires ... brought heavy rains that fueled excessive vegetation growth in the first half of 2024. But the second half of the year was marked by drought across southern California ...