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As California burns, Trump torches US climate agenda
Washington has weather worries of its own.
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LA fires latest: strong winds still posing ‘extreme fire danger’
It’s a week since the Santa Ana winds fanned devastating wildfires across Los Angeles – destroying thousands of homes and businesses.
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LA fires: 24 dead and 20 people still missing
“We are absolutely prepared,” Los Angeles officials declared today, as dangerously strong winds threaten to reignite the fires which have already spread across more than 40 thousand acres.
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LA wildfires: why they escalated so quickly with such dramatic effect
The question so many are asking here is how all this failed so spectacularly in the Angelenos’ hour of need, indeed, days of need.
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LA fires root cause is fossil fuels says climate expert
We spoke to Dr Varun Sivaram, a senior fellow for energy and climate at the Council on Foreign Relations and Dr Peter Kalmus, a climate scientist and the author of “Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution’.
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LA fires: firefighters battle to contain three fires
Firefighters are still battling to contain three fires around Los Angeles – and officials warn the risk remains “very high” with “critical fire weather conditions” continuing into next week.
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LA fires: New evacuation orders following risk to life warning
A fresh evacuation order has been issued warning people to flee an area close to the Palisades fire – because of an immediate threat to life.
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Trump uses LA fires to resume feud with California governor Newsom
Donald Trump has slammed the Biden administration, saying he can’t wait till January 20th – the day he takes office.
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‘I grabbed my medication and dog…and got out’: Swimmer loses 10 Olympic medals in LA fires
We spoke to former US Olympic swimmer Gary Hall Jr, who’s lost his home in Pacific Palisades.
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LA fires latest: 10 dead and 10,000 buildings destroyed
For a fourth day, wildfires are raging around Los Angeles, where entire neighbourhoods have been devastated.
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‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist
We spoke to Michael Mann, a climate scientist from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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How LA fires and climate change are fuelling US insurance crisis
With LA still under a red flag alert and new fires having to be dealt with, the impact on the ability of local people to insure their homes is under the spotlight.
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LA fires ‘like being in a blast furnace’, says journalist and author
We were joined by John Vaillant, journalist and author of the Baillie Gifford prize for non-fiction for his book Fire Weather, an account of the 2016 inferno that engulfed the oil town of Fort McMurray in Canada and an examination of our future in a more flammable world.
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‘In hours 100 houses were gone’ – Hollywood director describes LA fires
We spoke to Malibu resident Jon Turteltaub. He’s also a film director and his credits include ‘Cool Runnings’, ‘National Treasure’ and ‘The Meg’.
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LA fires latest: wildfires become most destructive in city’s history
The LA fires still rage – catastrophic reality has rivalled fiction in the home of American disaster movies. As the fires spread the insurance losses mount. Estimates are that they’ve reached $13bn in just 24 hours.