Experts say decades of efforts to extinguish fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change are setting the stage for a massive wildfire in Northern California and scores of smaller ones in the western United States and Canada. These fires are spreading faster than in the past and are harder to fight.… Read More »
With weeks left in the heart of fire season, more than 242,000 acres have burned in California, about twice the normal area for this time of year, according to statistics from the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. While the number of fires that have started so far is typical for the summer, intense… Read More »
Scientists have been saying for years that atmospheric rivers could either make or break the water supplies of thirsty California cities and farms. Over the past two winters, these massive “rivers in the sky” have consistently dumped record-breaking and drought-busting rainfall across the state, while also causing devastating floods, landslides and dangerous snowstorms. But now,… Read More »
As California prepares for another powerful atmospheric river storm on Sunday, Tulare Lake continues to remind visitors of the powerful consequences these extreme storms can create. Floodwaters from the lake, which formed after nearly a dozen atmospheric river storms hit California in 2023, are still spreading across thousands of acres of prime farmland more than… Read More »