Coastal homes burn as hot winds fuel California fires
High winds are fueling a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California.
NPR reports: High winds are fueling a fast-moving fire that has burned homes in Southern California.
Flames engulfed expensive coastal properties and prompted thousands to evacuate.
This world story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Southern California and California.
Why it matters
International developments of this kind are often followed closely by governments, aid organisations and global markets.
Key details
- Location
- United States · Americas
- Reported by
- NPR
- First reported
- Key names
- Southern California, California
- Section
- World
Sources
This is an independent summary. Read the full, original reporting from the publisher:
Read the full story at NPRSpotted an error? Request a correction · How this summary was produced
Related Stories
Southern California wildfire engulfs homes, prompts evacuation orders
The fast-spreading Norte Fire in Orange County is fuelled by intense warm winds and unseasonably high temperatures.
Southern California beach closes after sighting of great white shark ‘exhibiting aggressive behavior’
Two-mile stretch of Huntington Beach closed after sighting at location popular with surfers and swimmers A popular southern California beach was…
California coastal homes battered and bruised after weekend of intense waves and flooding
Boardwalk destroyed in Long Beach and homes damaged, while Baja California in Mexico and Las Vegas also affected Southern California coastal…
NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team
Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern…
Trump blocking Russia sanctions a 'historic moment': Putin’s envoy
The Kremlin and Putin — who appeared in military uniform and said Moscow intends to seize the rest of eastern Ukraine — have not yet reacted to the…
Murder in Malaysia: Justice for Altantuya Shaariibuu
101 East investigates if power and politics are shielding those behind the 2006 murder of a Mongolian woman in Malaysia.
Sri Lanka’s Human Rights Commission flags enduring militarisation in Tamil-majority areas
Seventeen years after civil war ended, militarisation remains a persistent feature of governance and land use in the north and east, its latest…
France braces for nationwide protests
Students, trade unionists and Yellow Vest activists are taking to French streets to protest high prices and inequality.