Devastating California wildfires

Fires force thousands to evacuate

• Aug 17, 2016
• 26 photos

Forecasters say wildfire threat growing for western states

Potential for big fires will remain above normal during August in parts of California, Idaho, Nevada and Utah because of dry grass and bushes

• Aug 2, 2016

Calif. facing most volatile fire season in over 100 years, fire chief says

Thousands evacuated as wildfires threaten homes in Santa Clarita Valley; In last two months, nearly 100,000 acres have burned

• Jul 10, 2016

Calif. homes burn as officials warn of fireworks danger

Five years of record drought have made California a tinderbox, ripe for explosive fire conditions

• Jul 2, 2016

Family narrowly escapes raging California wildfire

Nearly 5,000 firefighters in California are battling at least half a dozen large wildfires; more than 150 homes destroyed

• Jun 26, 2016

​At least 150 homes destroyed in deadly Calif. wildfire

Cadaver dogs being used to search rubble of homes after at least 2 killed by inferno of destruction near Bakersfield

• Jun 25, 2016

Fast-moving central California wildfire kills 2

"I've never been so close to a fast-moving, ferocious fire. It was unbelievable," resident says. "I almost didn't have time to get out"

• Jun 24, 2016

Dozens of homes destroyed by new California wildfire

Hundreds of people forced to evacuate from rural communities in Central California northeast of Bakersfield, fire officials say

• Jun 23, 2016

Will California wildfires merge into massive inferno?

At least 16 wildfires are raging in the West and an extreme heat wave is making matters worse, bringing triple-digit temperatures in some areas

• Jun 21, 2016

California wildfires burn thousands of acres

Crews battling the Sherpa Fire,​ burning for the fifth day in Santa Barbara County, faced temperatures in the 90s

• Jun 19, 2016

Southern California residents returning home after wildfire

Fire that scorched about 1,230 acres north of Ventura in Southern California is now 75 percent contained

• Dec 27, 2015

Extreme weather threats

In the last two decades weather-related disasters claimed more than 600,000 lives and affected more than 4.1 billion people, according to the UN

• Nov 30, 2015
• 19 photos

California town struggles to recover from devastating fire

Recovery begins for small town caught in third worst fire in state's history, with some starting from nothing

• Oct 10, 2015

Free medicinal marijuana for California wildfire victims

Medical marijuana dispensaries offer up to $200 in free cannabis per patient affected by hugely destructive wildfire

• Sep 30, 2015

Californians burned by insurance companies

Even if their homes are nowhere near the two recent destructive fires, some Northern California residents received non-renewal letters

• Sep 29, 2015

Body in burned California home ups wildfire deaths to six

The body was found Tuesday night in rubble about 100 miles north of San Francisco; one more person is still missing

• Sep 23, 2015

California wildfire becoming historic homes destroyer

And blaze, which has taken several lives, is only one of ten in drought-stricken state

• Sep 21, 2015

​More than 1,000 homes destroyed by 2 California fires

Some evacuation orders lifted as flames still threaten thousands of more structures in Sierra Nevada foothills

• Sep 19, 2015

Some Calif. residents say they were never warned of wildfires

Authorities defended their warnings and rescue attempts, saying they did all they could to reach people in remote area homes

• Sep 18, 2015

Wildfires obliterate California communities

Cadaver dogs brought in to search for bodies; over 100 square miles have burned and at least four people missing

• Sep 17, 2015

2 more bodies found after wildfires rip through California

Cadaver dogs were brought into the Lake County disaster zone to search for bodies; death toll raised to five

• Sep 17, 2015

Computer models failing to predict path of flames

"These fires are actually exceeding what our models will even predict," said the director of California's forestry department

• Sep 16, 2015

Wildfire evacuees tell stories of devastation, survival

"It was here and we got out with the clothes on our back," says one ranch manager who barely escaped as fast-moving fire approached

• Sep 16, 2015

​Caretaker: Decision to leave wildfire victim "haunts me"

Woman with advanced multiple sclerosis killed in massive Northern California wildfire which has destroyed more than 104 square miles

• Sep 15, 2015

First drought, now fires threaten California wine

Blazes raging in northern parts of state likely to reduce grape yields, and "smoke taint" could hurt the taste of what remains

• Sep 15, 2015

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