Fire has returned to California’s wine country as the flames thrive on bounties of parched land.
The County Fire began on Saturday afternoon and since then has devoured over 1,000 acres of land each hour. As of Tuesday morning, the Golden State…
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Shocking photos show the extent of second wildfire in the north of England
A second fire has been declared a major incident in the north of England, just days after an “apocalyptic” fire raged a week on Saddleworth Moor, near Manchester.
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Storm chasers, get ready: The first severe weather outbreak of 2018 begins Tuesday
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The weather in the Plains states has been anything but normal lately. Oklahoma — a state synonymous with tornadoes — didn’t have a single twisters through April 30, a new record. Instead, states from Texas north to Nebraska have been dealing with dust storms and sprawling, fast-moving grass fires as unusually dry weather has taken its toll on the region.
That tornado and precipitation drought changes on Tuesday, as a complex series of storm systems unleashes several rounds of severe thunderstorms across the region.
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View More Storm chasers, get ready: The first severe weather outbreak of 2018 begins TuesdayIt’s not just you: Spring weather has gone off the rails in the U.S., shattering records
The weather in the U.S. has been downright biblical so far this spring, with weather forecasters practically having to borrow pages out of the Book of Revelations.
First, there’s the cold. The first two weeks of April have been the coldest on r…
Vets use fish skin to heal bears injured in California wildfires
When two bears suffered painful burns while escaping Southern California’s wildfires, veterinarians used an unconventional bandage to treat the animals’ paws: fish skin.
The bears, along with a young mountain lion with less severe burns, were t…
Destructive rainfall pummels Southern California after massive wildfires
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After the fires, the rain. Southern California has been drenched in torrential showers for several days and the deluge has hit areas recently scarred by huge wildfires.
LA’s National Weather Service office reports rainfall of over six inches in just three days for areas in Ventura and LA county, with ten other regions receiving over 4 inches.
The resulting mud bath has been described by one sheriff in Santa Barbara County as similar to “a World War I battlefield”, with “a carpet of mud and debris everywhere.”
At least 15 people have died amid evacuation orders while many homes have been completely washed away. Cars have been plucked out of gloopy swamps and roads have been closed. Read more…
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A digitizing David takes on photo-scanning Goliath
Mitch Goldstone loves photo scanning. His business, ScanMyPhotos, does what it says on the tin: you send photos to the company and, using high speed scanners and special software, his team digitizes your photos, sticks them onto a USB key or online, and sends them back.
He is proud of his business. Thanks to his scanners he’s helped users save their photos from tornadoes, floods, and theft. Read More
Photos and video show terrifying spread of California’s Thomas Fire
As wildfires continue to blaze throughout Southern California, displacing residents and destroying buildings, terrifying images and videos show firefighters struggling to battle the historically large Thomas Fire.
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Intense video shows horses running for safety as stables catch fire
Chaos ensued at a horse training center in San Diego County as workers frantically tried to save hundreds of horses by setting them free from their stables.
Eight stables normally containing nearly 500 horses at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Facil…
Intense video shows horses running for safety as stables catch fire
Chaos ensued at a horse training center in San Diego County as workers frantically tried to save hundreds of horses by setting them free from their stables.
Eight stables normally containing nearly 500 horses at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Facil…
Rescuers rally on social media to save horses from wildfires
California’s wildfires reached San Diego County Thursday as a blazed named the Lilac fire near Bonsall quickly grew to engulf thousands of acres.
The newest fire raged through agricultural lands to the west of Interstate 15, affecting rural communiti…
LAPD warns that navigation apps are steering people to neighborhoods on fire
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There are currently multiple fires raging across Southern California, one of which forced the notoriously clogged 405 Freeway in Los Angeles to shut down.
Big fires force people to find new routes — including people using apps like Waze and Google Maps.
The problem? Those apps look for roads without many cars on them, and try to route you there. Which is great when you’re trying to avoid run-of-the-mill traffic. But not when the roads are clear because of nearby fires.
“The Los Angeles Police Department asked drivers to avoid navigation apps, which are steering users onto more open routes — in this case, streets in the neighborhoods that are on fire,” the Los Angeles Times reported. Read more…
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