Cal Fire officials said early Thursday that efforts to contain the Creek Fire would include "numerous firefighting air tankers ... as conditions allow" over Fresno and Madera counties. However, as of 1 p.m., a smoke-trapping inversion layer had kept aircraft grounded, Cal Fire said. But FlightRadar24.com showed significant helicopter activity over the...
Military Helicopters Airlift 164 People at Edison Lake From Creek Fire
Six helicopters from the California National Guard airlifted about 150 people from Edison Lake on Tuesday morning as the Creek Fire continued to consume timber and structures in the foothills and mountains of Fresno and Madera counties with no containment. The helicopters flew the evacuees to the military portion of...
Unknowns of the New Virus Make Global Quarantines a Struggle
SEOUL, South Korea — Health authorities are scrambling to halt the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China, restricting visitors from the country and confining thousands on cruise ships for extensive screening after some passengers tested positive. But with important details about the illness and how...
California Inferno Gives Rise to Family-Reuniting ‘Angels’
SAN FRANCISCO — They have become known as the Angels of Paradise. But there is nothing ethereal about them. They are online sleuths who know how to find people, and they have been putting their skills to use in the aftermath of California's catastrophic wildfire. In the dark days that...
Florence Death Toll Climbs to 37. Trump Visits Stricken Area.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The death toll from Hurricane Florence climbed to at least 37, including two women who drowned when a sheriff's van taking them to a mental health facility was swept away by floodwaters, and North Carolina's governor pleaded with thousands of evacuees not to return home just yet....