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Airtankers get water from the ocean to fight the Palisades Fire Jan. 9, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. / Credit: Apu Gomes / Getty Images
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN's Anderson Cooper Wednesday the fires had caused "complete and utter devastation." More: Wind-fueled fires still torching LA area as thousands flee ...
Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the past, and it seems L.A. will need to go back to the drawing board if ...
Climate change in California has lengthened the fire season and made it more extreme from the middle of the 20th century. [4] [5]Since the early 2010s, wildfires in California are growing more dangerous because of the accumulation of wood fuel in forests, higher population, and aging and often poorly maintained electricity transmission and distribution lines, particularly in areas serviced by ...
Later in September, fire activity again decreased due to improved fire weather. [8] While numerous storms in Northern California significantly slowed fire activity in November and December, dry conditions and multiple rounds of Santa Ana Winds led to multiple wildfires in Southern California, such as the Mountain and Franklin fires.
The Kinneloa Fire was a destructive wildfire in Los Angeles County, Southern California in October 1993. The fire destroyed 196 buildings in the communities of Altadena, Kinneloa Mesa, and Sierra Madre in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, becoming at the time the twelfth-most destructive wildfire in California's history and one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County ...
As of January 10 the Castaic Lake reservoir — the largest State Water Project reservoir in Southern California — was at 77% of its total capacity, per the California Department of Water Resources.
Northern California and the Central Valley saw drastic increases in air pollutants during the height of the July and August fires, while Southern California also experienced an increase in air pollution in August. [45] Air quality in Northern and Central California remained poor until mid-September 2018, when fire activity was drastically ...