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34,000 PG&E Customers Without Power on California Fire Risk

May 18 2026 // More than 34,000 homes and businesses remain without power across PG&E Corp.’s service area after a weekend outage due in part to dry and windy conditions that raised the risk of wild fires. There were 659...

South Florida Wildfires Have Burned Thousands of Acres

May 14 2026 // A pair of South Florida wildfires that torched thousands of acres in the Everglades over the weekend spread Monday as fire crews worked to contain them. The Florida Forest Service posted on Facebook that the growing fires...

Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens

May 12 2026 // Record-breaking heat and drought have fueled the world’s worst ever start to a wildfire year, as climate change and a developing El Niño threaten to push extreme weather to new heights. Over the first four months of...

California Governor Seeks Extension of FEMA Funding for LA Wildfire Victims

May 11 2026 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking the federal government extend disaster assistance programs for thousands of victims of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires who are still working to rebuild. Newsom is requesting a...

After LA Wildfires, Clergy Crossed Denominational Lines to Help

May 8 2026 // Rabbi Amy Bernstein says the wind-whipped fire in January 2025 that scorched much of the Pacific Palisades, destroying her home and damaging her synagogue, “blew everything open” for the community’s faith...

States Across Wildfire-Prone West Are Using AI for Early Detection

May 7 2026 // On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the...

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