Scientists and X users react to claims by a Georgia Congresswoman that Californian wildfires could be put out with cloud seeding.

As fire crews and air tankers work to block the wildfires' explosive growth, images of red clouds of fire retardant falling onto trees are common. What is it — and what's in it?

Rain has mostly moved out of Southern California after the first significant storm of the season brought weekend downpours ...

The Palisades and Eaton wildfires also continue burning in the Los Angeles area, leaving parts of Southern California with devastating fire damage.

Fires in California have been found to spread up to ... Extreme heat from wildfires can create pyrocumulonimbus clouds, which can spark new fires miles away. These clouds can exacerbate fire ...

While the headlines are focused on Southern California this time ... typically used to fight wildland fires with massive buckets of water and clouds of retardants. Between the winds, the dry ...

The winds fueling fires in Southern California are beginning to relax, but the forecast calls for their return next week.

A cloud of water falls from a bucket slung ... Danielle Rodrigues. The current California wildfires fueled by Santa Ana winds have spread across over 40,000 acres, with the Palisades Fire ...

The rapidly growing Hughes wildfire broke out some 50 miles north of Los Angeles on Wednesday (January 22), burning 3,407 acres, fire officials said. The Hughes Fire in the Castaic Lake area of Los ...

This month, the Los Angeles area witnessed some of the largest wildfires in California’s history. The fire events have killed at least 27 people, destroyed more than 10,000 structures and ...

Separately, Southern California Edison is accused of ... Some say fire whirls are formed only by heat, while fire tornados involve clouds generated by the fire itself. The National Wildfire ...