The study analyzed weather and climate models to assess how a warmer atmosphere is increasing the likelihood of fire-prone ...

A new attribution analysis found that climate heating caused by burning fossil fuels significantly increased the likelihood ...

WASHINGTON — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that ...

Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...

A new study finds that the region's extremely dry and hot conditions were about 35 percent more likely because of climate ...

Extreme conditions helped fuel the fast-moving fires that destroyed thousands of homes. Scientists are working to figure out ...

The majority of weather alerts issued for Southern California - including several Red Flag Warnings - have expired as Santa Ana winds relax. The next Santa Ana wind event is expected to return ...

Offshore Santa Ana winds will continue to diminish on Thursday. The winds fueling fires in Southern California are beginning to relax, but the forecast calls for their return next week.

The reason for the start of the California wildfires is in part due to the Santa-Ana winds. These form over the Sierra mountains when high pressure builds in from the east. Air pushes down the ...

Fierce winds and months of drought set the conditions for the catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles this month. But the growth of housing in and around the city’s fire-prone hills over the past ...