Weather News Wildfire Weather Is Increasing In California And Much Of The U S , Report Finds

California weather: Wildfire threat rises after storms batter state

The wildfire threat spans much of California, particularly in the south. The Los Angeles area, recently drenched with 1.38 inches (3.5 cm) of rain, and mountain regions like Lake Tahoe, which received ... Read More

Experts reveal climate change drove extreme wildfire seasons across the Americas, making burned areas much larger

Human-driven climate change made wildfires in parts of South America and Southern California many times larger and more destructive, according to an annual assessment by international experts. Read More

‘We Lucked Out’: Early Rains Tame California’s Peak Wildfire Season

October in California is typically known as a dangerous moment in peak fire season, the month when the state has seen some of its most destructive wildfires, but an early-season storm that swept from ... Read More

Scientists just recreated a wildfire that made its own weather

In 2020, California’s Creek Fire became so intense that it generated its own thunderstorm, a phenomenon called a pyrocumulonimbus cloud. For years, scientists struggled to replicate these explosive ... Read More