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Mandatory evacuations underway as 900-acre wildfire rages near Yosemite National Park
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 minutes agoThe blaze, which started some 70 miles outside of Sacramento, forced some 17,000 people to evacuate...
Thousands evacuated from California wildfires
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoThe agency said “dangerous” temperatures posed a major to extreme...since the last week of June. The largest one, at nearly 14,000 acres, was in Fresno...
A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave intensifies along the West Coast, as dangerous wildfires spread
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 hours agoHigh temperatures in the 110s are becoming common across California, outside coastal areas and...
Firefighters make progress against California wildfire, but heat and fire risks grow in the West
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 hours agoFirefighters made progress Friday against a California wildfire that triggered extensive evacuation...
Record-breaking heatwave poses ‘extremely dangerous’ conditions for 150 million people across US
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 9 hours agoNorthern...The fire destroyed more than 3,500 acres of land surrounding Oroville, near Sacramento....
How to survive rip currents and other drowning hazards
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 hours agoThere are an estimated 236,000 annual drowning deaths worldwide, according to WHO. That comes out to...
Intense heat wave broils California; Palm Springs breaks all-time heat record at 124 degrees
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 hours agoPress) The heat is expected to linger longer in the northern part of the state, with the heat...
The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain...
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoThe West is sizzling under a major, prolonged heatwave through July 4 and beyond that’s bringing...
'An absolute scorcher': Sweltering heat, wildfire risk loom for July Fourth weekend
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day ago“Tomorrow is going to be an absolute scorcher,” Joe Sirard, a meteorologist at the National Weather...
Most evacuation orders lifted as crews continue battling Northern California wildfire
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 day agoContainment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County also increased to 29%...