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Lucas Fire Near Potter Valley Grows to About 4,000 Acres and Prompts Evacuations

A red flag warning for gusty winds and low humidity has worsened conditions, driving a large firefighting response.

Plaskett Nears Containment as Timber Fire Burns in Remote Big Sur Slopes

Giant Sinkhole Swallows Driveway at Nicolas Cage’s Malibu Home

Crews Boost Containment on Plaskett, California’s Largest Active Wildfire

Plaskett Fire Gains Containment but Moves Onto Military Land; Timber Fire Holds in Big Sur

Hawk Fire Near Reno Grows to About 15,000 Acres

Record Rain Triggers Floods and Landslides in Southeastern South Korea

Powerful 7.7 Quake Hits Eastern Indonesia

Timber Fire Grows to About 1,700 Acres and Triggers Big Sur Evacuations

Typhoon Dolphin Makes Landfall in Eastern China and Triggers Mass Evacuations

Guatemala Declares Orange Alert as Fuego Erupts with Lava, Pyroclastic Flows and Tall Ash Plumes

Spokane Wildfires Force Tens of Thousands to Flee and Destroy Hundreds of Homes

European Wildfires Stabilise Near Bordeaux and Madrid as Returns Begin

Wildfires Force Hundreds of Thousands From Homes as Blazes Close In on Bordeaux

Flash Floods Sweep Texas Hill Country, Kill Two and Prompt Hundreds of Rescues

Summit Fire in Antelope Valley Burns About 2,677 Acres With 0% Containment

Typhoon Bavi Makes Landfall in Eastern China After Brushing Taiwan and Japan

China Hit by Deadly Floods, Tornadoes and Landslide

Cottonwood Fire Near Beaver Burns Nearly 94,000 Acres and Destroys About 150 Structures

Shallow M6.1 Earthquake Off Western Cuba Shakes Cuba, Florida and Mexico