By Scott Sistek 9 December 2017 SEATTLE (KOMO News) – Here we go again?The skies over Seattle were a bit of a hazy orange Saturday evening … reminiscent of the smoky days of this summer when it seemed no matter which way the wind was blowing, there was smoke from a wildfire either to our […]
By Sarah Parvini, Matt Hamilton, and Louis Sahagun 6 December 2017 (Los Angeles Times) – The fire that burned a path of destruction through Ventura County reached the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday night, with officials expecting that hundreds more homes had been lost in a blaze that continues to rage out of control. The fire […]
By Adam Voiland 5 December 2017 (NASA) – Thick smoke streamed from several fires in southern California when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image in the afternoon on 5 December 2017.The largest of the blazes—the fast-moving Thomas fire in Ventura County—had charred more than 65,000 acres (24,000 […]
By Alene Tchekmedyian, Jaclyn Cosgrove, Ruben Vives, and Sonali Kohli 5 December 2017 (Los Angeles Times) – A fast-moving, wind-fueled wildfire swept into the city of Ventura early Tuesday, burning 45,000 acres, destroying homes and forcing 27,000 people to evacuate.At least 150 structures — including at least one large apartment complex and the Vista […]
By Anthony Clark Carpio 12 November 2017 (Los Angeles Times) – Los Angeles County and federal officials have been busy preparing Burbank residents who live near the Verdugo Mountains hillside for future heavy rainfall, especially in areas that were adjacent to the La Tuna fire, which scorched more than 7,000 acres over Labor Day weekend.Recently, […]
By Scilla Alecci 8 November 2017 (ICIJ) – On the island of Padang, in the heart of Indonesia’s industrial logging country, a group of teenagers pointed to the charred remains of sago palm trees – the remnants of the fires that have scorched the archipelago nation’s lush forests for two decades. “There’s a sense of […]
By Cory Reppenhagen 10 November 2017 (KUSA) – This year has been the most disastrous weather and climate year on record – and it’s not even over yet.The California Department of Insurance just announced that losses incurred from the October wildfires exceeds 3 billion dollars, and is expected to rise even further. That has now […]
By Louis Sahagun 9 November 2017 (Los Angeles Times) – For Sharon Ditmore, the signs of the holidays showing up in this city devastated by fire are both comforting and depressing.Ditmore lost her home in the working-class neighborhood of Coffey Park and has been living in a friend’s guesthouse. She can’t help but think back […]
6 November 2017 (WMO) – It is very likely that 2017 will be one of the three hottest years on record, with many high-impact events including catastrophic hurricanes and floods, debilitating heatwaves and drought. Long-term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level rise and ocean acidification continue unabated. Arctic sea […]
SAN FRANCISCO, 3 November 2017 (Associated Press) – California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster of fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing more than 40 people and leaving thousands without housing.In a letter to the White House, Brown joined […]
