Exceptionally dry weather has targeted Southern California so far this winter, creating ideal conditions for wildfires.

Tim Bearer holds a keepsake in his mother's fire-ravaged property in the aftermath of the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Thousands of homes in Austin have an elevated risk of wildfire, but residents can prepare. A total of 94,673 homes in Austin have a moderate or greater wildfire risk, making it the highest-risk city outside of California,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found.

As Southern California gets some much-needed rain, a new analysis suggests the conditions that led to January's wildfires were 35 per cent more likely because of human-fuelled climate change. And the more likely those fires become,

President Donald Trump claimed that the military entered California and turned on the water, but state water officials say the president's claim is false.

California on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. military entered the state to release more water in the wake of deadly wildfires. In a Truth Social post late on Monday, Trump wrote: "The United States Military just entered the Great State of California and,