A film director who survived both 9/11 in New York and the fires here in L.A. looks back on the similarities — and very real differences — between the two catastrophes, and what can be learned from ...

“Smoke carries a lot of particulates, and they can range in size,” says Monica Kraft, professor of pulmonology and system chair for the Department of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine ...

Thu, January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM UTC I was in the packed hall at Davos to hear Trump speak. The audience went from laughter to silence in seconds. Elizabeth Warren tells Elon Musk she's 'happy' to ...

Monstrous plumes of smoke could be seen covering the sky across Los Angeles County as the Hughes wildfire spread rapidly. A number of evacuations have already been put in place. Scientists detect ...

Thousands of people have been evacuated after a new fast-moving wildfire erupted in Los Angeles county on Wednesday afternoon. The Hughes fire ignited about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los ...

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. – The approximately 10,396-acre Hughes Fire burning northeast of Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County has created smoke plumes visible in parts of Ventura ...

Plumes of smoke were seen over Santa Clarita, California, after a new fire erupted in nearby Castaic on Wednesday, January 22. The fast-growing Hughes Fire sparked evacuation orders with Cal Fire ...

Similarly to MAIAC MODIS, we also provide snow fraction and snow grain size for detected snow, and smoke plume injection height for detected wildfires (Lyapustin et al., 2020). This work uses GOES-16 ...

Environmental officials said air quality has remained safe, as the plume of smoke coming from the fire was considered toxic but rose high enough that it was not a concern for residents.

Nearby residents were warned to keep doors and windows closed due to 'significant amounts of smoke' being generated. One resident, who lives outside the cordon, told the ECHO: "The street was ...

Southern California's second winter storm this week will exit the region Friday afternoon but will likely drop a little more rain first. Henry DiCarlo has KTLA"s forecast on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 ...