Hundreds of residents in eastern Australia were on alert Sunday as out-of-control wildfires fanned by soaring temperatures and windy conditions threatened properties, officials ...
Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday. ...
Correction: Wildfires story In stories sent Oct. 7-9 about a wildfire in the Wrightwood area, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the mountain range affected by the blaze. The fire burned in the San Gabriel Mountains, not the San Bernardino Mountains. Copyright 2009 ...
Concrete barriers are installed in residential areas in La Canada, Calif., as Los Angeles County workmen prepare for the storm on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Residents have been told the barriers will remain on the streets for several years until the mountain ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - A forest fire forced the evacuation of about 500 mostly French tourists from a Club Med hotel on the Greek island of Evia on Tuesday, officials said. "They have been evacuated with three ferry boats and two large passenger ...
The burning, roaring, crackling sensation of a forest fire is alternately majestic and frightening. But when it reaches a truly extraordinary scale, it can be nothing short of terrifying. One summer afternoon in 1933, 27,000 acres of ancient Douglas firs near Portland, ...
Months later, no changes and little review of blaze that torched busy SC tourist region The fire chief in one of South Carolina's busiest tourist spots said he won't alter his agency's practices even though his crews failed to extinguish a small ...
Southern California wildfires staying tame despite high heat; dangerous weather persists All but the most remote sections of a pair of major Southern California wildfires were contained Saturday, but officials warned that dangerous fire weather would persist through the weekend. The region ...
Huge California wildfire all but contained after 4 weeks, 2 deaths, 89 homes burned A crow as black as the branch it's perched on oversees a skeleton forest. Farther along Angeles Crest Highway, a hawk riding updrafts along the San Gabriel Mountains ...
Helicopters, bulldozers launch 'full attack' on Southern California wildfire Helicopters are dropping water as bulldozers carve firebreaks to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. Heat and very low humidity are keeping fire danger high Thursday, although ...
MOORPARK, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Firefighters make sure they have control of flames western flank of the 16,000-plus-acre Guiberson fire, burning out of control for a second day as Red Flag warnings continue in southern California on September 23, 2009 near Moorpark, ...
MOORPARK, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: A firefighting helicopter drops water along the southeastern flank of the nearly 10,000-acre Guiberson fire, burning out of control for a second day in southern California on September 23, 2009 near Moorpark, California. The National Weather Service ...
