Fires Raise Fight Over Climate Change as Trump Visits California September 15, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Sara Cline BEAVERCREEK, Ore. — With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West...
What’s Next? Devastating Fires Are Latest Challenge in West September 14, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. — The path of devastation spans thousands of miles where flames have consumed people, homes and cars while...
Fires Without Precedent Rage in Usually Cool, Wet Northwest September 11, 2020 By Andrew Selsky and Gillian Flaccus GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Numerous wildfires burned in Oregon’s forested valleys and along the coast, destroying hundreds of homes and...
La Nina Is Here, Threatening Even Bigger Blazes and Storms September 10, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan The extreme weather that’s hammered California with runaway wildfires and hit Louisiana with its most powerful hurricane in 160 years...
How California’s Wildfires Could Spark a Financial Crisis September 10, 2020 By Andrew Selsky and Nicholas K. Geranios Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by...
Hurricane-Force Winds Kick Up Pacific Northwest Wildfires September 9, 2020 PORTLAND, Ore. — Hurricane-force winds and high temperatures kicked up wildfires across parts of the Pacific Northwest over the Labor...
Most Alaska Wildland Fire Crews Fighting Blazes Beyond State September 9, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Most of Alaska’s wildland fire crews are helping fight fires in the continental U.S., including western blazes...
As California Burns, the Winds Arrive and the Lights Go Out September 9, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — Wildfires churned through bone-dry California on Tuesday after a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a...
California Avoids Major Power Outages as Wildfires Rage September 8, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — Rescuers in military helicopters airlifted 207 people to safety over the weekend after an explosive wildfire...
Disasters Cause Insurance Double Whammy for Pandemic-Hit Businesses September 4, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn and Alwyn Scott As insurers brace for an expensive natural-disaster season because of storms and wildfires ravaging parts of the United States, the...