Rain, Cooler Temps Could Help Crews Battling California Wildfires This Week
Weather forecasters say rain could be on the way to Northern California this week, providing the possibility of some much-needed relief for areas ravaged by wildfires.
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Weather forecasters say rain could be on the way to Northern California this week, providing the possibility of some much-needed relief for areas ravaged by wildfires.
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wildfires of 2020 have now scorched a record 4 million acres — in a fire season that is far from over.
California is poised to hit a fearsome milestone: 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) burned this year by wildfires that have killed 30 people and incinerated hundreds of homes in what is already the worst fire season on record.
The record size and number of wildfires this year is keeping firefighters and communities on edge.
Cal Fire said aggressive attacks are key at a time when resources are tied up at bigger fires.
With low humidity and above-average temperatures settling over the region, the Glass Fire continued to actively burn throughout the night.
There were many places in the greater Sacramento area with AQI levels in the orange and red levels Wednesday.
One hundred seventy firefighters from Texas landed at Sacramento International Airport Tuesday afternoon to help on the front lines and give California crews a chance to rest and recuperate.
Firefighters responded to a fire in the Eldorado National Forest Tuesday evening.
The wildfires burning in Northern California's wine country have destroyed dozens of homes so far.
Will Abrams and his family packed their pickup truck with laptops, clothes, sleeping bags and a tent and quickly left their rental home in California's wine country after seeing flames on a hill about a quarter-mile away Monday morning. It was their third hurried fire evacuation in as many years.
Residents in northern California are dealing with more than just smoke from deadly wildfires in the area, with pictures showing shockingly large chunks of ash that have fallen.
The flames torched the eastern side of Santa Rosa, hopscotching through the exclusive neighborhood of Rincon Valley.
Approximately 80,000 people in Napa and Sonoma counties were forced from their homes because of the Glass Fire.
Kings Canyon National Park reopened to visitors on Wednesday and Yosemite National Park will welcome back visitors on Friday as air quality improves.
High Hill Ranch in Apple Hill is helping the community donate items for those impacted by the fires.
Wildfire evacuees are desperate for answers after weeks away from home.
As the smoke clears out from the Sacramento Valley, it's sinking into the Tahoe Basin. The vista views over Tahoe are now blanketed in a hazy layer of wildfire smoke.
Demand for wine is down because many restaurants are closed due to coronavirus, but wildfires are now packing a one-two punch for grape growers just as the harvest hits.
This year's blazes have taxed the human, mechanical and financial resources of the nation's wildfire fighting forces to an extraordinary degree.
One day after the tense exchange during a wildfire briefing, California's Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot says he's glad it hit a nerve.
The debate over who and what is responsible for wildfires in our area can easily become political, but the answer is not a simple one. Experts say there is not just one factor leading to the devastating firestorms.
Survival gear is flying off the shelves of military supply stores amidst California wildfires and a global pandemic.
Long before Public Safety Power Shutoffs, Call Kurtis Investigates questioned phone companies on what they're doing to make sure people in the line of wildfire have means to communicate.
Deadly West Coast wildfires are dividing President Donald Trump and the states' Democratic leaders over how to prevent blazes from becoming more frequent and destructive, but scientists and others on the front lines say it's not as simple as blaming either climate change or the way land is managed.
