Ash covered grapes burned by the Glass Fire at the Chateau Boswell winery in St. Helena, California, U.S., on Monday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ash covered grapes burned by the Glass Fire at the Chateau Boswell winery in St. Helena, California, U.S., […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/13/1080512507_0:83:3000:1770_1200x675_80_0_0_68127cd1d383547ef9cd23cda1653635.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009191080512473-45-magnitude-quake-rocks-southern-california-as-region-battles-wildfires/ The earthquake has come as America’s West Coast continuing to battle wildfires, the worst-affected states being California and Washington. An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale rocked Southern California late on Friday night, the US Geological Survey reported. According to seismologists, the […]
According to realtors, the median home price in California surpassed the $700,000 mark, going up 6.1 percent from July and 14.5 percent from August 2019. Real estate prices rose dramatically in August, a report published by the California Association of Realtors (CAR) said. The median price for an existing, single-family […]
The wildfires engulfing the West Coast have become so dire in Oregon that state police have established a new type of emergency response: a mobile morgue. The state-run facility in Linn County, about two hours outside of Portland, will be operated by a 75-member regional response team that is searching […]
Firefighter Cody Carter battles the North Complex Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Monday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Firefighter Cody Carter battles the North Complex Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Monday. Noah Berger/AP Wildfires in the Western U.S. continue to blaze, with much […]
Fox News host Laura Ingraham falsely claimed on Monday night that anti-fascist activists were behind the disastrous wildfires currently ravaging the West Coast, a rumor that has been repeatedly debunked by local authorities and the FBI. Taking issue with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden blasting President Donald Trump as a […]
As of Sunday afternoon, there were only about 20 buildings still standing in the city of Detroit, Oregon. The wildfires raging along the West Coast hit the small, rural enclave three hours outside of Portland over the weekend, burning a majority of the community’s structures—including City Hall, where the fire […]
A firefighter sprays water on a controlled burn while fighting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, Calif., on Sunday. Millions of acres have burned in California and neighboring states this year. Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nic Coury/Bloomberg via Getty Images A firefighter sprays water on […]
Democrat activist and former presidential hopeful Tom Steyer says the wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington are due to climate change, and the “only solution” to them is Joe Biden. The number-one thing people can do to stop the wildfires raging, according to Steyer, is to “elect a different president […]
Nearly two decades after the 2002 Hayman fire in Colorado, this high-severity burn area near Cheesman Lake is still treeless. Michael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News hide caption toggle caption Michael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News Nearly two decades after the 2002 Hayman fire in Colorado, this high-severity burn area near Cheesman Lake is […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105980/75/1059807582_0:226:4344:2670_1200x675_80_0_0_cf2bfac31539a801d8f5c3672f9889f2.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009121080441193-watch-giant-fire-tornado-hit-california-amid-infernal-wildfires/ California has been ravaged by intense wildfires since August, with over 2.3 million acres of land burnt, which is over 20 times more than last year. Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, declared a statewide emergency on 18 August, while US President Donald Trump approved […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0a/1080419265_0:54:3001:1742_1200x675_80_0_0_6bc0b9117d2ac1831a446ae3cf571d50.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009111080426550-twenty-three-people-killed-in-massive-wildfires-in-us-west-coast-reports-say/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Massive wildfires spreading through the western part of the US have destroyed millions of acres of land and claimed at least 23 lives, USA Today reported. At least 102 major blazes have ravaged 4.4 million acres across twelve western states […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/0b/1080425120_0:322:3071:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_d3ee56b4f306208b1138a5a358eb8575.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009111080424981-half-million-oregon-residents-forced-to-evacuate-8-people-killed-as-wildfires-continue/ In mid-August, massive wildfires started across several US states including California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington, prompting emergency teams to race against time to save the lives of as many as possible along the nation’s West Coast. Authorities in the US […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in five counties as fast-moving wildfires continue to threaten lives and houses. Amid an unprecedented heat wave grid operators also warned of possible outages. The emergency was announced in Fresno, Madera, Mariposa, San Bernardino and San Diego counties, according to a late […]
Over 3,000 people have been evacuated after a massive wildfire broke out in Spain’s southern province of Andalusia. Several separate wildfires are also raging in other regions of the country. The massive wildfire broke out in the mountainous regions of Andalusia on Thursday. Thousands of hectares have been already burnt […]
California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide By Michael Kodas, Inside Climate News. August 25, 2020 California And Colorado: Climate-Driven Transformation Of Wildfires Worldwide2020-08-252020-08-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/fire.png200px200px Wildfires from Australia to Siberia are not just larger, hotter and faster, but burning in areas and seasons where they were previously rare. The wildfires […]
California Wildfires Have Been Fatal for Five Wildfires in California have burned over 500,000 acres so far this year. https://t.co/ZIaL3GgtRd — Smithsonian Magazine (@SmithsonianMag) August 21, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: VT has been watching the California wildfires and they continue to burn in the extreme heat wave that is engulfing […]
BROOKS, CA—By Friday evening, northern California’s LNU Lightning Complex fire had become the second-largest wildfire in state history, killing at least five people, destroying 500 structures, and forcing evacuations in two cities and an Air Force base. It was just 15 percent contained. But up in rural Capay Valley, as […]
A local resident stands next to a vineyard while watching the LNU Lightning Complex fire burning in nearby hills on August 20 in Healdsburg, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A local resident stands next to a vineyard while watching the LNU Lightning Complex fire […]
Northern California’s LNU Lightning Complex fire burns on Thursday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Northern California’s LNU Lightning Complex fire burns on Thursday. Noah Berger/AP Wildfires ignited by nearly 12,000 lightning strikes over the past three days continue to spread havoc across a heat wave-baked California, with […]
Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Flames from the LNU Lightning Complex fires burn in unincorporated Napa County, Calif., on Tuesday. Noah Berger/AP Lightning strikes, extreme weather conditions, dangerous levels of smoke and […]
Tens of thousands of Californians were recently forced to flee their homes in the North Bay area as a result of intensifying wildfires spreading across the state. During a Wednesday news conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that there are more than 360 known fires currently burning in California. The […]
An air tanker drops retardant as the Lake Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest north of Santa Clarita, Calif., on Thursday. Noah Berger/AP hide caption toggle caption Noah Berger/AP An air tanker drops retardant as the Lake Fire burns in the Angeles National Forest north of Santa Clarita, Calif., […]
Firefighters across the nation consult a go-to website for cautionary tales. The “Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center” shares things that have gone wrong so that next time everyone can hopefully avoid the pitfalls. Today, the site is brimming with the uncharted challenges of combating natural disasters during a pandemic. It’s […]