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Firefighters in California are battling the historic fires from the sky using a variety of effective and specialized aircraft that dump water and fire retardants over Los Angeles. The state’s fleet ...

LOS ANGELES (NEXSTAR) — Two people are dead, many have been hurt, and more than 1,000 structures have been destroyed by multiple massive wildfires tearing across the Los Angeles area, authorities said ...

Dan Child and a copilot were coordinating aerial efforts to attack the Palisades fire the night of Jan. 7 when the winds became so strong they were struggling just to maintain altitude. The two pilots ...

The water level is dropping at the Dunham Reservoir and people living nearby say there continues to be a fire hazard. The NYS Parks department, working with the Grafton Fire Department fixed the dry ...

HIAWATHA NATONAL FOREST, MI - Fire crews who specialize in battling wilderness fires and pilots in low-flying Fire Boss planes that drop water onto blazes are working together to contain wildfires in ...

Portsmouth is studying its water and sewer rates due to rising costs and declining water usage. Overall water sales have dropped by 6% in the last decade, largely due to a 24% decrease in industrial ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Haleiwa Harbor had flooding impacts following Tuesday’s tsunami. The harbor saw dramatic action with water dropping 10 to 15 feet. Dramatic video showed water inundating the Haleiwa ...

On Friday afternoon, the winds across the Santa Monica Mountains suddenly shifted, and the Palisades fire pushed north and east, making a run in two different directions: toward Encino and Brentwood.