As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...

Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, ...

Hawke’s Bay strawberry growers Ian and Maree Tucker say they’re losing thousands of dollars a day because their plants are ...

The specter of flames devouring built environments has become more familiar over recent years and is often blamed on climate change. But is that always the case?

Diana Gorenco, from London, says her partner forked out £9,220 for the two of them to stay in a 'Over Water Pool Villa' from ...

Strong winds are blowing through the Sacramento Valley this weekend, but Shasta County is having a good fire season so far.

However, wildfire seasons have been increasing in length – and severity – to the point that they are very nearly year-round, and it’s been estimated that they will continue to grow, which scientists ...

It is not yet known what sparked the wildfires, although power cables blowing in the wind are a likely cause. But three ...

Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry ...

Five questions with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, who warned of “extreme fire danger” in Southern California days ...

Climate change has made the grasses and shrubs that are fuelling the Los Angeles fires more vulnerable to burning, scientists ...

But winter wildfires could become increasingly common, as California’s wet season shrinks and hotter, drier weather creeps into the winter months. The convergence of those and other climate factors ...