evacuations

High winds helped spread a Southern California brush fire, leading to evacuations and school closings.

“You might as well be safe and get out now,” a fire official said, encouraging people to evacuate areas in the path of the life-threatening Dixie fire.

Smoke from Oregon’s Bootleg fire, and dozens of others in the West, could limit truckers’ visibility and produce poor air quality (forecast video included).

“The strength of this typhoon is no joke,” warns a disaster official as this major typhoon approaches the Philippines.

State routes closed near Phoenix as wildfires continue burning across more than 100,000 acres.

Arizona state officials say they “absolutely believe the [Lost Dutchman] fire was human-caused.”

Maximum sustained winds have increased to 140 mph with higher gusts, and Florence is now a category 4 hurricane and expected to worsen.