Wind-driven walls of flame spurred mass evacuations in southern California.
Northern California's wine country was on fire again as strong winds fanned flames in the already badly scorched region,forcing thousands to evacuate.
Australia’s unprecedented summer of hell was barely over when California was ablaze. As experts warn of worse to come,one of our most outspoken former fire commissioners reflects on a new age of overlapping catastrophes.
A firefighter has died battling a wildfire in California that officials said was sparked by a device used to reveal a baby's gender.
In this episode,national editor Tory Maguire is joined by acting editor of The Age Michelle Griffin to talk through the Premier's next steps to keep the coronavirus cases in Victoria declining.
In this week's episode of Good Weekend Talks,eminent fire historian Stephen Pyne and former NSW Fire and Rescue commissioner Greg Mullins chat with Good Weekend associate editor Greg Callaghan about the'Pyrocene'– the age of fire.
In this episode,national editor Tory Maguire is joined by North American correspondent,Matthew Knott to discuss the Californian fires and the debate they've kicked off about climate change.
The wildfires that have choked California's skies with smoke in recent weeks have now stretched their sooty tendrils to the other side of the country and beyond.
Trump has acknowledged the unprecedented nature of the wildfires ravaging America’s west coast,saying “there’s not been anything quite like this one."
As the death toll from the West Coast fires rose to 24,Calfornia Governor Gavin Newsom has offered some of his most impassioned comments on those who deny the dangers.
La Nina — a phenomenon that occurs when the surface of the Pacific Ocean cools — has officially formed,the US Climate Prediction Centre said.