After wildfires sweep through parts of Los Angeles County and surrounding areas, the burned hillsides and open spaces left behind can continue to affect nearby neighborhoods. According to the National ...

Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and in some ...

RUIDOSO, N.M. – The potential for catastrophic flash flooding exists early this week, including Tuesday night across recent burn scars. This includes the Ruidoso area burns scars and the Hermit’s Peak ...

Cleanup efforts were underway Wednesday across Southern California following a rare October storm that brought significant rain to the region. There had been concerns of mud flows in the burn scar ...

Four years ago, the Caldor Fire burned 221,835 acres in El Dorado, Alpine and Amador counties, as it climbed the western slope and crested into the Tahoe Basin. Over 1,000 structures were destroyed ...

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Did the Los Angeles Fire Department miss - or even ignore - crucial warning signs that the Lachman Fire was still smoldering?

A social media video depicting an "extreme" mudslide pouring across the Pacific Coast Highway on Thursday highlighted one of the ongoing hazards of the Palisades Fire burn scar. Newsweek reached out ...

A Pacific storm barreling toward Southern California has the potential to cause significant damage to the January wildfire burn scar areas, prompting evacuation warnings. Residents near the Palisades ...