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Another Analysis Calls out Potential for Severe Wildfire Season in U.S. West

Jun 9 2022 // As the U.S. West heads into the hot, dry summer months, a growing number of indications point to a potentially bad wildfire season.In the past two months, two analyses have emerged from fire weather experts using words...

Concerned Scientists: Climate Ties U.S. Wildfires and Water Together in Many Ways

Jun 9 2022 // A provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience is partnering with global environmental organization The Nature Conservancy to protect sensitive natural areas and provide estimates of future...

Damage Estimates from Massive New Mexico Wildfire Climb

Jun 9 2022 // The destruction caused by the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. has been devastating for thousands of residents and their lives have been forever disrupted and altered, New Mexico’s governor said after touring the...

New Mexico Residents Impacted by Wildfires Could Get Help With Food, Federal Aid

Jun 8 2022 // Thousands of New Mexico residents who have been impacted by wildfires this spring may be eligible for temporary food assistance.The state Human Services Department said applications are being accepted for a week, starting...

Greece Wildfire Threatens Homes Near Athens

Jun 6 2022 // ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek firefighters on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day near two Athens suburbs.Local media reported some damage to houses as well as vehicles, with 65 fire engines and 283...

Wildfire Evacuation Orders Lifted for Northern California Fire

Jun 1 2022 // Evacuation orders were lifted for residents along a road in the Napa wine country as firefighters made progress against a wildfire.The Napa County Office of Emergency Services told residents around midnight Tuesday they...

Gains Made Against Massive New Mexico Wildfire

May 31 2022 // Crews were making progress in stopping the nation’s largest active wildfire from spreading on Monday, the fourth straight day of warnings of extreme fire conditions in northern New Mexico.The nearly 8-week-old fire...

New Mexico Wildfire Nears 50% Containment

May 27 2022 // Crews in northern New Mexico have cleared and cut containment lines around nearly half of the perimeter of the nation’s largest active wildfire while bracing for a return of weather conditions that might fan flames...

Rain and Snow Slow New Mexico Wildfire, But Hot, Dry Weather Looms

May 25 2022 // The largest wildfire in North America slowed to a near standstill in northern New Mexico Tuesday amid light rain and a bit of snow in the mountains as nearly 3,000 firefighters scrambled to get ahead of a worsening fire...

New Mexico Wildfire Evacuees Worry About Their Future

May 23 2022 // As more than 2,700 firefighters in northern New Mexico continued to battle the nation’s largest active wildfire on Sunday, many evacuees were growing concerned about their future after weeks away from homeThe biggest...

Northern Michigan Wildfire 98% Contained

May 19 2022 // A wildfire in a heavily forested area of northern Michigan is now 98% contained and all road closures in the area have been lifted, state officials said Tuesday.The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said a stretch...

Oregon Officials Warn of Difficult Wildfire Season

May 19 2022 // Oregon remains poised to see a potentially “challenging” wildfire season this summer, despite a wet and cool spring in much of western Oregon, one of the state’s top fire watchers said Monday.The rain and...

Growth of Massive New Mexico Wildfire Slowed

May 18 2022 // Firefighters have been able to slow the growth of a massive wildfire burning in the mountains of northeastern New Mexico as they prepared Wednesday for another round of red-flag weather that has the potential to push the...

Rain Brings Relief to Massive New Mexico Wildfire

May 17 2022 // Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the monster blaze that’s been churning for a month in New Mexico and is now the...

Sunshine State Could See Higher Risk of Property-Destroying Wildfires

May 17 2022 // Perhaps the rain from hurricanes can help extinguish the wildfires.That may be the only silver lining to computer modeling reports suggesting that just as hurricanes and flooding from tropical storms are likely to increase...

How Climate Change Is Fueling More Intense Global Wildfires

May 16 2022 // Already, 2022 is taking its place in a pantheon of years that have seen the nature of fire change — and all parts of the world fall under threat. It’s only expected to get worse, with drought and heat waves looming...

Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West

May 16 2022 // The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction from fire weather experts holds true — “intense” may be a better word for the expectations in the Western region.Early...

Report Estimates $530M Reconstruction Cost for Homes in Line of California Wildfire

May 13 2022 // Newly released data from CoreLogic show the Coastal Fire in California has burned at least 20 homes in the Orange County community of Laguna Niguel.The estimated reconstruction cost value is $530 million for the area...

California Fire Destroys Mansions; New Mexico Wildfire Grows

May 12 2022 // The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another set of warnings for more people to evacuate.Meanwhile, a wildfire that erupted...

Massive New Mexico Wildfire Costs Top $65M

May 11 2022 // Many homes near America’s largest wildfire survived the latest barrage of howling winds and erratic flames but New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday the risk of more destruction is high and that the long-term...