“This is a tragic time in our history,” said Los Angeles County Police Department Sheriff Jim McDonnell during a press ...

The California fires erupted amid extremely dry conditions. UCLA scientists say extreme heat linked to climate change was a factor in the fires' intensity.

Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires in Southern California, experts say.

Dubuque County is putting the California wildfires into perspective, highlighting similarities in flammable vegetation in eastern Iowa. Conservation Outreach Coordinator Kaytlan Moeller said ...

"Climate change is increasing the overlap between extremely dry vegetation conditions later ... variability has always been a staple of California's natural climate, leaving it particularly ...

The rains that usually fall in autumn and early winter did not come, leaving most of Southern California bone dry and leaving vegetation primed to burn. Most locations south of Ventura County have ...