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July 13, 2021

Wildfires threaten homes, land across 10 Western states

Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states on Tuesday, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California's power supply.

July 12, 2021

California and other parts of the West broil and burn

A large swath of the West baked during the weekend in triple-digit temperatures that were expected to continue into the start of the work week.

July 8, 2021

Western states prepare for post-fire flash flooding

Out west, several states are still fighting wildfires, but now a new threat is emerging in their burn scars. A sudden downpour of rain has ripped through a small Arizona town, leaving some residents without a home.

July 4, 2021

Wildfire threats force western cities to ban Fourth of July fireworks

Another dangerous wildfire season is underway amidst record-shattering heat and a scary and historic drought, leading state and local officials across the U.S. to ban fireworks around Sunday's Fourth of July holiday. 

July 3, 2021

Death toll in Northwest heat wave expected to continue rising

Each day, more deaths are being linked to the heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest this past week, with medical staff who treated people overwhelmed by temperatures well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) saying the toll from the extreme weather will keep creeping up.

July 3, 2021

RISING SMOKE: After 10.3M acres burned in US last year, West's 2021 fire season outlook uncertain

A wildfire is burning in California. And Oregon. And Washington. And Arizona. Historic drought and climate change play a major role in the 2021 fire season.

July 2, 2021

Biden nominee for land agency touted husband's suggestion to let houses caught in forest fires 'burn'

Tracy Stone-Manning pushed her husband Richard Manning’s 2018 Harper’s Magazine report on wildfires where he wrote the “political issue” surrounding people living in or around forests is “easily solved” by having the federal government make fighting fires “a social contract.”

July 2, 2021

Town ravaged by wildfire after enduring Canada’s all-time hottest temps

A small Canadian town was ravaged by an ongoing wildfire on Thursday after enduring the country’s all-time hottest temperatures for three straight days this week.

June 30, 2021

Police shoot, kill California man near marijuana farms evacuated by fire

Officers shot and killed a man who pulled a gun as they tried to keep him out of a complex of marijuana farms in an area of far Northern California where thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire raged during a heat wave enveloping part of the U.S. West, authorities said.

June 30, 2021

Biden announces boost in federal firefighter pay to $15 an hour ahead of 2021 wildfire season

President Biden announced his administration will make new investments in federal firefighting personnel, providing retention incentives and raising pay to ensure firefighters are making at least $15 an hour, as he and western governors met to discuss the 2021 wildfire season.