USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.

The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it ...

The spiking levels underscore the added danger from wildfires when cars, homes, and other structures burn, researchers said.

As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful torrents of rock, mud and water that sweep downhill with deadly momentum.

The Gilman Fire broke out in the La Jolla neighborhood today, while a brush fire at the border with Mexico, has engulfed 20 ...

SO BETWEEN THE HIGH WINDS, THE LOW HUMIDITY AND ALMOST A COMPLETE LACK OF RAIN SO FAR THIS SEASON, WE’RE IN AN AREA WHERE WE’RE CONSIDERING THIS AN EXTREME RISK FOR ANY NEW FIRES TO START TO ...

Arctic air grips the central and eastern U.S., bringing record-breaking cold, dangerous wind chills, and historic snowfall.

Conservation groups are trying to understand what the Trump Administration's priorities are, and how to advocate for public ...

The nation currently has no entity responsible for governing wildfire risk reduction and the majority of residents have a fire-averse attitude akin to the United States’ pre-1971 no-burn policy.

Climate disasters such as the recent Los Angeles–area fires are making it harder to prepare for more climate disasters ...