Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that a team of 10 Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers is traveling to California to support ongoing efforts to contain wildfires raging in Los Angeles.
LA fires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing crisis.
About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open land.
Infrared images from NASA flights over the Eaton Fire near Altadena in California show how close the fire came to hundreds of more structures, including NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, before it ...
Several readers asked whether Mexico and Canada sent support to California as destructive wildfires burn in the Los Angeles area. That’s true.
A report released by Texas A&M AgriLife in 2024 estimated agricultural and ag-related losses from the Windy Deuce and ...
Retired firefighter Bobbie Scopa describes the differences between various types of fires, including wildland fires, and how ...
A team of 10 NYSDEC Forest Rangers has been deployed to California to assist in battling the wildfires raging in LA.
California Sen. Alex Padilla introduced several bills to increase firefighter pay, expand FEMA funding and include affordable ...
While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.
The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level ...
"The photos of smoldering neighborhoods and distraught residents are horrific and shocking. Could they also presage the kind ...