Multi-ignition wildfires are not overly common. But when individual fires do converge, the consequences can be catastrophic.
Wildfire behavior is shifting rapidly, reshaping how communities, ecosystems, and emergency managers must plan, prepare, and respond. Longer fire seasons, more extreme weather, and increasingly ...
Drought conditions are getting worse on Colorado’s Western Slope, increasing the risk of wildfires, even as several large fires are already burning, scorching thousands of acres and forcing ...
Technosylva has launched what it describes as the world’s largest supercomputer dedicated to wildfire modeling, designed to simulate more than one billion fire scenarios each day. The system applies ...
BOULDER, Colo. – A new tool from NOAA is the first to ever provide hourly updates on wildfire behavior, giving more accurate and timely predictions of wildfire activity. The tool, called the Hourly ...
Firefighters made progress toward containing one of the largest wildfires in Colorado history over the weekend, but officials said “extreme fire weather” is expected to continue Monday and throughout ...
The Bear Gulch Fire on the Olympic Peninsula has continued to grow—now spanning nearly 16,000 acres. “We had an east wind event yesterday and into the evening, and that was the primary factor in ...
A southern California wildfire that has threatened thousands of homes is still only 21% contained, officials said Saturday, warning of the blaze’s “extreme” behavior amid low humidity and summer heat.