High winds and lack of rain are the main factors driving the Southern California fires, but climate change is altering the ...

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SCIENTISTS said the wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the arid Los Angeles landscape mark the latest in climate-fuelled weather extremes that are likely to escalate further as global temperatures ...

“Basically, all the plants are as dry as they normally ... below-normal precipitation resulted in expansion of drought in Arizona, California and Nevada,” the new report said.

Southern California’s prolonged dry spell — nearly eight months with negligible rain — is straining agriculture and raising ...

Months into the rainy season, Southern California is now experiencing moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S.

As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...