Polling shows many Americans blame climate change for the disaster.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Saturday that the Los Angeles-area wildfires will be one of the ...

The fires have caused widespread devastation, destroying thousands of homes, businesses, and places of worship.

He also announced an executive order that would suspend some environmental regulations to help streamline rebuilding after ...

The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are far from contained, but they're already expected to be the ...

From earthquakes and eruptions to fire and floods, the continent's deadliest natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people at a time. Some of them even changed the course of history.

California Rep. Ami Bera (D) said the fires raging across parts of Los Angeles could be the state’s worst disaster in history ...

He described the defeat as the “worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”. For the defeated Commonwealth soldiers who had battled to save it, 80,000 of them immediately ...

The fires’ proximity to densely populated areas means they are burning through more structures than past fires that covered ...

Gavin Newsom has described the Los Angeles wildfires as the worst natural disaster in US history “in terms of the scale and scope”. The blazes are on track to be among the costliest ever seen ...