San Diego scientists are collecting samples of ash from California's coast to measure how toxins and urban debris from the Los Angeles wildfires could affect nearby fisheries and the food webs of local ecosystems.
On Wednesday at 3:18 p.m. an updated air quality alert was issued valid until Thursday at 6 p.m. The alert is for Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Central Ventura County Valleys and Southeastern Ventura County Valleys.
Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as a new fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles.
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Weather organizations from around the world agree that the planet's average global surface temperature in 2024 could well have passed a crucial threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change.
Firefighters began to limit the spread of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles’ history after four straight days of battling blazes that have left at least 11 people dead and burned an area larger than all of San Francisco.
As the fires continue to devastate Los Angeles, meteorologists say La Niña is coming. "It basically hasn't really been raining in Southern California," said Jack Lee, a meteorologist with the San Francisco Chronicle. "Since October, I think Downtown LA ...
A particularly dangerous situation red flag warning is in place from noon Monday to 10 a.m. Tuesday local time for a large portion of Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
The stream of smoke is also visible from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES). The GeoColor imagery below is a six-hour time lapse from Saturday that "looks approximately as it would when viewed with human eyes from space," according to the NOAA.
Numerous wildfires have ignited in southern California this month, killing at least 27 people and spanning thousands of acres.