Smoke from California’s wildfires is drifting across the US to New York — and it’s making pretty sunsets

Noah Berger/AP California’s recent wildfires have killed at least 82 people. Nearly 700 others are still missing. Smoke from the blazes is billowing high into the atmosphere and drifting across the US. California’s smoky haze has created “smokestorm” conditions, but fine particles have spread as far as New York City. The hazy smoke has changed […]

Death toll in raging California wildfires jumps to 63, list of missing doubles to 600+

The deadliest fire in California’s history continues to burn uncontained as recovery teams find more and more bodies. With 63 victims confirmed so far, the local sheriff says there are over 600 reports of missing persons. The towns of Paradise and Butte were all but leveled in the blaze, which engulfed 8,700 homes and spread […]

Intensifying Wildfires: The New Normal?

Germany’s public broadcaster Deutsche Welle joins forces with OZY to pique the curiosity of globally minded readers. This year has been a terrible year for wildfires across the globe. And there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. Over the last several weeks, more than a dozen massive blazes have swept through Northern California, […]

The Aftermath of the Sonoma Wildfires

When the Northern California October 2017 firestorm devastated large parts of OZY’s home state, including the Tubbs Fire largely in Sonoma County that became the most destructive wildfire in California history, we traveled up a week after the flames were out. To? To speak to those affected and look to whatever futures they might be […]

View From Above: California Wildfires in Photos

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Death toll from California wildfires rises to 31, over 220 missing

Remains of six people have been recovered in the city of Paradise, Northern California, bringing the total number of casualties in both ends of the state to 31 people. Five people burned to death in their homes, while another person was found scorched in a vehicle on Sunday, Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea reported. Since […]

Smoke From California Wildfires Affects SFO, Visible From LAX

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Malibu is in flames as two wildfires spread through southern California — here’s what it looks like on the ground

AP Photo/Reed Saxon Flames are racing along the southern California coastline as firefighters work to contain the fast-moving Woolsey Fire. The blaze has already scorched 14,000 acres on the outskirts of Los Angeles, and the nearby Hill Fire has charred 6,100 acres in Ventura County. They’re just two of thousands of California wildfires recorded this year. […]

Raging California wildfires force LA Rams to cancel training as players, coaches evacuate homes

The Los Angeles Rams canceled practice on Friday as the wildfires sweeping California forced around 20 players and coaches from the NFL team to evacuate their homes amid apocalyptic scenes in the state. Two wildfires raging in Ventura and Los Angeles counties caused the Rams to change their plans as about 45 employees in total […]