SAN FRANCISCO -- As wildfires continue to burn throughout Southern California, climate experts are highlighting the role climate change may be playing. Experts say the current conditions serve as evidence of multiple factors fueling these extreme events ...

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The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying our communities.

Amid controversy over climate-risk disclosure rules, a broad swath of industries faces increasing financial threats as the planet warms.

Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.

Hydroclimate whiplash -- the rapid shift between wet and dry conditions -- likely contributed to the severity of the wildfires in Southern California, experts say.

Neither the state nor local government seems to have learned much from the perils of pricing the less privileged out of Los Angeles's safe zone.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

Officials on Wednesday afternoon briefed President Biden about the massive wildfires in Southern California fueled by climate change. Slashing Mr. Biden's climate regulations is at the top of President-elect Donald Trump's to-do list.

Scientists are attributing the recent Southern California fires to climate change, citing a combination of environmental factors that have intensified the situa

The Santa Ana winds are dry, powerful winds that blow down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. The region sees about 10 Santa Ana wind events a year on average, typically occurring from fall into January. When conditions are dry, as they are right now, these winds can become a severe fire hazard.