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Fire crews sits at Sepulveda Boulevard as fire burns along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles.

Aerial attack helps control LA fires but San Diego now a ‘red flag’

Two new fires have been reported in the San Diego area with evacuations were ordered after one erupted near densely populated neighbourhoods not far from the UC San Diego School of Medicine campus.

  • David Swanson and Brendan O'Brien

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Five takeaways from Trump’s first sit-down interview as president

The one-on-one with friend Sean Hannity on Fox News revealed insights into Trump’s approach to key issues.

  • Michael Koziol
A large plume of smoke caused by the Hughes Fire rises from Castaic Lake as seen from a neighborhood of Santa Clarita, California.

Fresh fire erupts in Southern California prompting new evacuation orders

The Hughes fire broke out near the Lake Castaic area of northern Los Angeles County, two weeks after blazes that claimed at least 28 lives and devastated the city broke out.

  • Christopher Weber
Orange streams are increasingly common in northern Alaska.

Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The consequences range from the predicted to the utterly unexpected.

  • Nick O'Malley, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, Bianca Hall, Angus Dalton and Emma Young
Forecast winds in Southern California

Firefighters on standby as damaging winds return to Los Angeles

The Santa Ana winds are forecast to batter Southern California again, fuelling dangerous fire conditions over the next few days.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Firefighters carry out a planned burn in Bendigo National Park in 2023. But do prescribed burns work?

Can we really fight fire with fire? Why pre-burning is no magic bullet

The debate about how to prevent increasing wildfires has reignited after massive fires in Los Angeles and regional Victoria. Many advocate prescribed burns, but do they work?

  • David Lindenmayer, Phil Zylstra and Chris Taylor
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Climate changed has increased the risk of Melbourne experiencing LA-type fires.

The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?

Experts say it is only a matter of time until major Australian cities experience “house-to-house ignition” on a similar scale to Los Angeles.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Bianca Hall
The remains of a home destroyed by the Palisades Fire in Malibu.

LA fire evacuees told stay away from toxic areas and possible landslides

Frustrated evacuees are eager to return home to assess the damage and salvage any keepsakes, but officials said it was too dangerous or too taxing.

  • Chad Terhune and Rollo Ross
Members of a San Bernardino County Fire Department search and rescue crew work among the ruins of the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles ‘Red Flag’ bushfire warnings expire, but respite may be short-lived

Some 6.5 million people remain under a critical fire threat and ideal fire conditions of high winds and low humidity are forecast to return.

  • Jorge Garcia and Lisa Richwine
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The charming town transformed to ash that may now never recover

Entire neighbourhoods in the town of Altadena have become deserts of ash. The loss of homes is staggering. The loss of a unique haven, shattering.

  • Corina Knoll

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