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Jun. 11—MOSES LAKE — A wildfire along the shore of Lake Chelan necessitated the evacuation of some hikers Saturday, according to a statement from the Chelan County Sheriff's Office. The fire ...
Firefighters continue to battle wildfires across Southern California, with the Hughes Fire exploding to more than 10,000 acres in hours.. Critical fire conditions are waning across the region ...
MORE: California fires weather forecast: Nearly 10 million on alert for fire conditions The average temperature in that time period has been 4.2 degrees warmer this year than it was in 1962/63.
The windstorm and resulting fire danger were well forecast. On January 2, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) warned that conditions in Southern California fostered "above normal significant fire potential." [7] That same day, local National Weather Service (NWS) forecasts noted the potential for intense fires and issued a Fire Weather ...
The fires have burned through more than 40,000 acres in Los Angeles County, displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, and killed at least 24 people. More than 12,300 structures have been ...
The Sepulveda fire was the latest blaze in a nerve-racking week as Southern California headed into a fourth consecutive day of red flag fire weather warnings. The alerts caution that conditions ...
However, while the number of fires to date in 2022 was only slightly below the 5-year average (7,641 fires versus 8,049 fires), the total acreage burned was well below the 5-year average; 363,939 acres burned in 2022 thus far versus the 5-year average of 2,324,096 acres (though that average includes several of California's most significant fire ...
An update from the LA County Sheriff's Department shortly before 8:30 p.m. local time said the most intense fire activity was occurring on the southwestern side of the fire.