In early January, the soil moisture in much of Southern California was in the bottom 2% of historical records for that day in ...

Dry vegetation helped fuel the fires that spread through the Los Angeles area, burning tens of thousands of acres.

While the end to the fire danger is not yet in sight, experts say the hazards that will remain in its wake will be severe.

"As you move down into Southern California, that variability increases even more," Julie Kalansky, climate scientist and ...

Experts explain why Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter wildfires in decades and what this could ...

Jon Keeley, University of California ... explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk. What causes the Santa Ana winds? The Santa ...

a professor of civil engineering at the University of Southern California who has studied how urban fires exacerbate post-fire related hazards, told ABC News. The further away from wildland ...

Southern California started out the 2024-25 water year pretty dry. The region got some rain from an atmospheric river in November, but not much. After that, most of the atmospheric rivers that hit the ...