Aircraft return to dropping water on Los Angeles wildfires after being grounded by winds, mayor says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aircraft return to dropping water on Los Angeles wildfires after being grounded by winds, mayor says.
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INSIDERThe cost of the Los Angeles wildfires' damage could be at least $250 billion. Here's who pays the bills.
With high property values, catastrophic damage, and lost economic activity, the Los Angeles wildfires could cost up to $275 billion. Here's who pays.
- The Independent
LA wildfires live updates: Winds subside allowing crews to make progress on containing blazes
Winds speeds are expected to drop on Thursday, but officials warn threats remain in Los Angeles
- Yahoo News Canada
California wildfires: Quebec's 'Super Scooper' planes, pilots draw praise as Canada steps up despite Trump's threats
These Canadian CL-415 aircrafts, also known as amphibious water bombers, have been on the front lines fighting the wildfires blazing through California
- The Independent
California wildfires: How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles?
Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies and empty reservoirs for lack of water
- Malay Mail
Two injured after large tree topples over on Jalan Pudu
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — A woman and a teen were hurt by a falling tree along Jalan Pudu here this morning, according to t...
- AFP News
What is the pink stuff coating fire-ravaged Los Angeles?
Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes' path.He cited a former firefighter as telling him that in a high-intensity fire it's "not much use," and said that the high winds which have fanned the fires in Los Angeles may have limited its effectiveness.
- CNN
Scientists say they are close to resurrecting a lost species. Is the age of de-extinction upon us?
Colossal Biosciences, which aims to revive extinct species, has raised an additional $200 million. Critics say de-extinction in its purest sense isn’t possible.
- The Telegraph
Mapped: How deadly wildfires swept through LA – and what’s happening now
A deadly combination of hot winds and a lack of rain created the conditions for wildfires to rip through Los Angeles this week.
- Associated Press
Tropical Thailand takes a break from the heat as it experiences a run of cool weather
Tropical Thailand is experiencing an unusually cool stretch of weather that forecasters say could last until mid-February, leading many residents to dig out their sweaters and cardigans. Thursday morning’s forecast showed areas all over Thailand were feeling the cool, especially in the north. The Meteorological Department said temperatures in the north and northeast dropped as low as 8-9 degrees Celsius (46.4-48.2 degrees Fahrenheit), while on the mountains they hit 2 degrees Celsius.
- Storyful
Wind, Rain, Lightning as 'Crazy Storm' Hits Sydney
Eyewitness footage captured strong wind, rain, and lightning hitting Sydney as severe storms lashed the area on Wednesday, January 16.Footage by Leigh van den Broeke shows the severe weather hitting Milsons Point, a suburb on the lower North Shore.“Crazy storm tonight in Sydney,” van den Broeke wrote. Credit: Leigh van den Broeke via Storyful
- The Guardian
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
- AFP News
Trauma and tragedy in the City of Angels: covering the LA fires
Terrified residents caught in blazing neighbourhoods, influencers ignoring the ban on drones and the frightening unpredictability of the wildfires are just some of what journalists covering the fires ravaging Los Angeles for AFP have had to manage."Normally when we are covering fires they are in the mountains around Los Angeles," said video reporter Clarenne.
- The Independent
Nearly 200 flights delayed as thick fog descends over Delhi
Weather department issues orange alert for Delhi, the second highest warning level, forecasting dense to very dense fog
- Associated Press
Fire tornadoes pose a threat in California. A pyrotechnics lab shows how they work
As if they aren’t already facing enough, firefighters in California also could encounter fire tornadoes — a rare but dangerous phenomenon in which wildfires create their own weather. The National Weather Service warned Tuesday that the combination of high winds and severely dry conditions have created a “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size. Across the country from the California wildfires, researchers in Massachusetts are working to recreate a smaller-scale version of the phenomenon in a lab where it can be studied.
- LA Times
Fires break out amid windy conditions in Riverside County
The Scout fire was burning near Mission Boulevard and Crestmore Road in Jurupa Valley, and a second fire was burning in Hemet near Warren Road and Esplanade Avenue.
- LA Times
Family of Eaton fire victim sues Southern California Edison for wrongful death
The family of an Eaton fire victim is suing Southern California Edison for wrongful death, alleging that the utility company's negligence is to blame for the devastating blaze that killed 59-year-old Evelyn McClendon.
- The Guardian
Revealed: drinking water sources in England polluted with forever chemicals
Exclusive: Water industry calls for PFAS ban after analysis of sampling data shows contamination across country
- Associated Press
Dire fire warning for LA area pushed back as winds ease
Easing winds delivered a brief but much-needed reprieve to firefighters Tuesday as they battled two massive blazes burning in the Los Angeles area, and the National Weather Service pushed back its unusually dire warning of critical fire weather until early the following day. “Key message: We are not out of the woods yet,” the National Weather Service in Los Angeles said in a post on social media. This round of Santa Ana winds was not expected to be as mighty as last week, but they could carry fire-sparking embers for miles and stoke new outbreaks in a region where at least 25 people have already been killed.
- Associated Press
Biden announces 2 new national monuments in California after wildfires scuttled previous event
In an announcement postponed by the Los Angeles wildfires, President Joe Biden on Tuesday designated two sites in California as national monuments that will honor Native American tribes while shielding picturesque mountains and deserts from mining and energy development. Biden made the designations at an event at the White House, a week after — and on the other side of the country from — how he'd originally planned to do so, with a speech in California's Eastern Coachella Valley. The president landed in California on Jan. 6, but made it as far as Los Angeles before high winds — that helped spark the Los Angeles blazes — forced officials to scrap the event.
- LA Times
Column: Let's focus on putting out the fires before fueling one at City Hall
If I'm watching my community go up in flames, I'd prefer that officials focus on putting out the fires before starting one at City Hall