Utah’s Wildfire Costs Soar with Human-Caused Blazes September 21, 2020 Utah’s wildfire season has broken records for the number of human-caused fires and the costs to taxpayers. During a presentation...
Moody’s Says Property/Casualty Insurers Face Significant Losses from Western Wildfires September 17, 2020 Dozens of wildfires raging in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have resulted in loss of life, damaged or...
Colorado Wildfire Destroyed 25 Residential Buildings, 54 Structures September 15, 2020 A month-old northern Colorado wildfire has destroyed 25 residential buildings and a total of 54 structures, the Larimer County Sheriff’s...
Bad Air From Western Wildfires Just Won’t Ease up September 15, 2020 By Sara Cline and Gillian Flaccus Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or...
CalFire: 14K Firefighters on the Line at 29 Major Wildfires September 11, 2020 As critical fire weather conditions subsided, firefighters accomplished full containment on one of the many fires burning in the state,...
Wildfires Grow in Oregon as 500K Evacuated, Death Toll Rises September 11, 2020 By Adrees Latif and Carlos Barria Around half a million people in Oregon evacuated as dozens of extreme, wind-driven wildfires scorched U.S. West Coast states on...
Strong Winds Kick up Pacific Northwest Wildfires September 9, 2020 Hurricane-force winds and high temperatures kicked up wildfires across parts of the Pacific Northwest over the Labor Day weekend, burning...
Record 2 Million Acres Burned in California Wildfires September 9, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so...
Simulations Depict Tsunami Impact on Washington Coastal Communities September 3, 2020 State authorities have released new simulations that show how a powerful tsunami could overwhelm Washington state’s coastal and shoreline communities....
California Residents with Hoses Target Fires as Crews Urge Them to Stop August 27, 2020 By Camille Fassett California residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath of land burning south of San Francisco,...