All news on the topic: Wildfires

Top 10 extreme weather events, including wildfires, heatwaves, floods, and cyclonic storms, cost the world over $122 billion in 2025, according to a report—Counting the Cost 2025—released by the global non-profit organization, Christian Aid.

People continue to launch fireworks near highly flammable areas year after year — with disastrous results. And now, one group of firework-happy individuals on a private yacht in Greece are learning their lesson the hard way.

In the autumn of 2016, as wind-driven wildfires spread rapidly through the dry forest and endangered lives near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, state and local officials deliberated over issuing an evacuation order via the federal government’s emergency alert system.

Firefighting crews tried to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest as forecasters warned that lightning strikes from thunderstorms could spark new ignitions.

Fire personnel, assisted by aircraft, rushed to contain a wind-fueled wildfire that broke out Thursday morning in the hills by Interstate 5 in the northwest part of Los Angeles County, authorities reported

A large wildfire has injured four individuals throughout central California, marking the biggest blaze to occur in the state this year

A massive wildfire on Monday was threatening hundreds of homes in central California after injuring at least three people as it tore through Los Padres National Forest.

A hiker from New Jersey has been unaccounted for over a week at Grand Canyon National Park, while a massive "mega-fire" has expanded to cover more than 123,000 acres on the canyon's northern edge

Experts have said that while conditions may improve later on Sunday, the coming days could bring even more problems.

On Saturday, New York released an air quality alert as smoke from Canadian wildfires moved across the state. Authorities cautioned about increased levels of fine particle pollution and potential health hazards for vulnerable groups

On Thursday, authorities in Cyprus discovered two bodies in a charred vehicle following a significant wildfire that burned through 38.6 square miles of forested hills, destroyed many houses, and led to the evacuation of twelve villages in the southern part of the island nation's Troodos mountains

A historic lodge in the National Park was destroyed by fire last week

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe stated that resources to combat the fires and assist the evacuees are running low

Mayor Karen Bass is facing criticism for stating that new houses are rapidly being built in the Pacific Palisades just a few months after wildfires devastated the area

Victor Serriteno was convicted of killing of a single mom he met on a dating app and sentenced to 73 years-to-life in state prison, according to the district attorney's office.

Joseph Kling, 19, along with his 17-year-old co-defendant, reportedly deceived the police during interviews about the Ocean County fire and their possible involvement in it

Firefighters in New Jersey are continuing to combat a huge fire in Ocean County, which authorities indicate might become the biggest fire in the state in two decades

A rapidly spreading wildfire was burning in New Jersey, but on Wednesday, authorities lifted previous evacuation orders, and a section of a major highway that had been shut down because of the fire is now open again

As of Tuesday afternoon, the Jones Road Fire burning near Barnegat, New Jersey had consumed 1,200 acres and was uncontrolled. Part of the Garden State Parkway is closed near Waretown.

Long Island's vulnerable pine barrens, which were recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat that could spell out yet another incendiary disaster, officials warn.

The young men now face a maximum of 30 days in jail if convicted of causing the Table Rock State Park wildfire.

On Thursday in South Korea, helicopters released water over a forest engulfed in flames as firefighters battled to control the nation's most devastating wildfires, reportedly resulting in 28 deaths

"Helene just dropped tons of fuel on the ground," one expert said. “Then these flash droughts allow that fuel to dry out very fast.”

The fatalities included a pilot who lost their life when a helicopter went down during attempts to control wildfires in one of the most severely affected regions

At 99 years old, Dick Van Dyke put on a show with his a cappella group, the Vantastix, during the Vandy Camp event to raise funds for fire relief at Aviator Nation in Malibu