Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
There is an ongoing series of wildfires in the U.S. state of California. A series of fires in Southern California, specifically in the Greater Los Angeles area, have caused at least 28 deaths, thousands of destroyed structures, evacuations and widespread power outages in January 2025.
California land area totals 99,813,760 or roughly 100 million acres, so since 2000, the area that burned annually has ranged between 90,000 acres, or 0.09%, and 1,590,000 acres, or 1.59% of the total land of California. [3] During the 2020 wildfire season alone, over 8,100 fires contributed to the burning of nearly 4.5 million acres of land.
In early 2021, a potent combination of dry weather and a warming climate have produced fuels — grasses, shrubs, and trees — that can ignite in winter. Though the relatively small wildfires ...
More than 130,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the Los Angeles area, officials said.
(The Center Square) – With winter rains entering full swing, California leaders are preparing fire-damaged communities against the threat of landslides by prepositioning emergency teams and ...
By the end of 2024, a total of 8,024 wildfires burned a cumulative 1,050,012 acres (424,925 ha) throughout the U.S. state of California.The total number of wildfires was slightly higher than the five-year average, while the total number of acres burned was lower. [3]
Other notable fires burning in Northern California as of 2 p.m.: Moccasin Fire: The 51.1-acre fire in El Dorado County along Oak Hill Road was 35% contained as of Thursday, according to Cal Fire ...