Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being done to prepare for storms?
The Boston Globe15d
Evacuated residents wait hours for a chance to return to burned LA neighborhoods
On Monday afternoon, the city lifted all remaining evacuation orders and dropped the escort requirement. The sun was out after the first significant storm of the season brought rain that helped ...
Los Angeles Daily News18d
LA County wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
The Eaton fire, named for the canyon near its ignition point, began shortly after 6 p.m. Jan. 7 and the first evacuation warnings went into place for the east side of Lake Avenue within two hours.
WESH19d
Hughes Fire evacuation and perimeter maps: New wildfire sparks in northern Los Angeles County
TAKE YOU ABOUT 12 MINUTES. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO L.A. COUNTY NOW, WHERE A FIRE HAS FORCED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AS CREWS HAVE RUSHED IN TO TRY TO PROTECT HOMES ...
NBC News19d
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...
CNN20d
Nepal increases Mount Everest climbing fee to $15,000
Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade ...
Los Angeles Daily News20d
Fake firefighters roll up to Palisades evacuation zone in phony fire truck, are arrested, police say
Two people were arrested on suspicion of dressing up as firefighters and trying to enter a Palisades fire evacuation zone in their own phony fire truck, authorities said Sunday. Patrolling ...
Mercury News20d
Crashes and Disasters
Crashes and Disasters | Martinez Refining Company provides new details on investigation into gas leak and fire The map above shows the mandatory evacuation area in red and the approximate fire ...
The New York Times20d
Tens of Thousands Told to Evacuate as New Fire Rages North of L.A.
More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and warnings. The fire in northwestern L.A. County spread swiftly to more than 10,400 acres but is now 95% contained. The largest fire ...
Fox News20d
Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City Council and Justice LA posted to social media advocating for the evacuation of Pitchess inmates. "We demand that the Los Angeles ...
CNN20d
In western Altadena, where 17 wildfire deaths were reported, residents say evacuation alerts came late or not at all
“None of us got a red (mandatory evacuation) alert before we felt ready to leave our houses,” he told CNN Wednesday. “You know, we felt heat and fire and that trumps any alert. So a lot of ...