LA fires: Delayed wildfire evacuation notices prompt call for independent investigation into emergency alert system
Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent investigation to review the emergency alert system used during ...
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Can Louisiana learn from the wildfires blazing Los Angeles? There are also risks here.
for an average fire size of around ten. Strain said the department aims to maintain wildfires between nine to 11 acres. There are far more wildfires in the western part of the state, Strain said ...
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It’s Time to Rethink Everything About How We Fight Fires
The LA disaster is a wake-up call ... FEMA’s US Fire Administration chief Lori Moore-Merrell told The New York Times last week, “There isn’t a fire department in the world that could ...
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Anchorage power outages extend to fourth day in wake of ‘extreme’ warm January storm
Chugach Electric Association said Sunday’s storm left a wake of broad damage ... according to Anchorage fire Chief Doug Schrage. Anchorage Fire Department crews responded to nearly twice as ...
California lawmakers want oil companies to be liable for natural disasters
Two Democratic California state senators on Monday will announce a proposal allowing the victims of natural disasters and ...
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Nevada’s Cortez Masto to reintroduce bill to fund fight against wildfires
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In the wake of the devastating ... in Congress to better fund fire departments, interagency coordination and recovery efforts. The Western Wildfire Support Act passed out ...
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Los Angeles fire losses could reach $30 billion for insurers
The wildfires have left a path of wreckage in their wake. More than 12,000 homes and other structures have burned down in the fire, the California Department ... into effect in western Los Angeles ...
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What happened on Tuesday, Jan. 14 during the Eaton, Palisades firestorms in Southern California
As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings ... Los Angeles County’s northern and western valleys, L.A. County’s mountains, and across much of Ventura County.
Politico23d
Tensions flare between Trump, Newsom over fire response
Biden later committed the federal government to covering all of the fire management and debris removal ... unimaginable destruction left in their wake — is offering the most vivid illustration ...
USA Today10d
Trump embarks on first presidential trip for look at unprecedented damage
Stein is looking forward to talking to President Trump about what western North Carolina ... according to the state Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Much of the region remained under ...
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Death toll rises to 24 as LA crews race to contain historic wildfires: Updates
In an update Sunday evening, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner ... of life past and present coexisted in the wake of the Eaton Fire. The fire has scorched over 14,000 ...
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Harrowing video captures aerial Los Angeles firefighter's view above fiery abyss as renewed windstorm returns
LOS ANGELES – As firefighters battle the raging infernos in Southern California, harrowing footage released by the Los Angeles Fire Department showed their helicopters ... leaving a trail of ...