5.16 p.m. BST17:16 Firefighters and residents of Northern California received a boost this morning as predicted bad weather so far in the state. Humidity increased on Monday, the Associated Press reported, and there was no return of the lightning strike that ignited the infernos a week earlier. The area surrounding …
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Three massive wildfires erupted Sunday through parched northern California landscape on Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a terrible weather system that caught high winds and more of the lightning that extinguished the enormous and scores of other fires erupted, putting nearly a …
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CLICK HERE if you have trouble viewing the photos on a mobile device. The message in Sunday afternoon’s briefing about the fires at the SCU Lightning Complex was clear: Hold official warnings, and prepare to go out. The SCU Complex Fire in parts of Santa Clara, Alameda, San Joaquin and …
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California firefighters said Saturday that there have been nearly 12,000 lightning strikes in the state since Aug. 15, with more than 100 occurring on Friday. Thousands of firefighters are battling two of the three biggest wildfire outbreaks in history, which were started by the dry lightning strikes. A new de-escalation …
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CLICK HERE if you have trouble viewing the photos on a mobile device Fierce burns and high temperatures are expected to choke the Bay Area with unfavorable air by at least Wednesday. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District issued a Spare the Air warning over the weekend on Saturday, …
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