Topline Los Angeles is forecast to receive desperately needed rain this weekend, providing relief to first responders battling four active fires in the region while also creating the risk of new hazards including mudslides, toxic runoff and flash flooding. There are four active fires in Los Angeles as of Friday, all of which are at […]
Since proactive climate initiatives are falling by the wayside within insurance companies, Nicole says there are ways for people to get involved to help those who live in high-risk areas: • “Keep an eye on state bills addressing climate adaptation, disaster resilience, or insurance reform, and support these efforts through public comments or by contacting […]
“Yes they can control the weather,” she tweeted. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” She’s been at this for a long time: In 2018, amid an earlier spate of California wildfires, and before she was a member of Congress, Greene shared a long-winded theory on her Facebook blaming what […]
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and welcome back to FirstFT Asia. In today’s newsletter: The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles Logistic groups move […]
Fire-tracking app Watch Duty has become a crucial source of information for Los Angeles residents threatened by wildfires. As TechCrunch’s Maxwell Zeff explained, the app relies on a network of active and retired firefighters, first responders, official government reports, and volunteer reporters who monitor radio scanners to offer real-time updates on active wildfires. During this […]
Though the fires are still burning, we’re starting to get an understanding of just how devastating the damage is for Los Angeles. In the arts-and-culture community, dozens of people, if not hundreds, have lost their homes, and in some cases decades’ worth of artwork—artists lost their studios and personal holdings, while collectors lost their entire […]
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The actress and daytime talk show host lost her “dream home” in the Malibu fire. Lake documented it on Instagram, posting videos of her and her husband, Ross Burninghamattempting to save their home. “1/7/25 The day we lost our home. 😭💔timeline of our efforts to save our beloved home in Malibu,” she wrote on Instagram. […]
“With those winds being very calm this morning, I believe we can actually make some progress, turn a corner, and start to build some containment on these fires,” Brent Pascua, a Cal Fire battalion chief, told The Today Show on Thursday. So far the disaster response has been marred by disinformation and controversy. After some […]
Lloyd and his wife later bought another home in Hidden Valley Lake, a town that has taken ambitious steps to reduce flammable vegetation, but their insurance premium is still more than $4,500 a year, more than triple what it was on their last home in Kansas. Lloyd is worried that his insurance company will hike […]
