Sources: NBC
Fifty-nine percent of Brazil's area suffers from significant drought conditions, the worst national drought recorded. These conditions cause historically low Amazon basin levels and are contributing to at least 160,000 wildfires in 2024 that are causing widespread air pollution. 2024-09-9
At least four people are killed by several wildfires across the State of Mexico, Mexico. 2024-03-27
The Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle grows to become the largest wildfire in the history of Texas. 2024-02-29
Many major cities around the United States implement curfews meant to prevent a second night of riots, including Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Rochester, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. 2020-05-30
A wildfire destroys 25 homes, displaces 100,000 people and burns over 7,500 acres of forest in and around Los Angeles. 2019-10-11
A rapidly spreading wildfire in Gangwon Province, South Korea, kills two people, injures 11 others, and forces the evacuation of thousands of civilians. 2019-04-4
Firefighters battle wildfires across southern France, including one in Corsica. 2017-07-25
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards is held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with "Game of Thrones" winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, "Veep" winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" winning the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series. 2016-09-18
Los Angeles, California, police arrest a 21-year-old homeless man after five bodies of apparent transients are found in the wreckage of a vacant former medical building that burned down Monday night. Firefighters had been able to rescue three people. 2016-06-14
A revenge porn website is shutdown in San Diego after the owner, Kevin Christopher Bollaert, is accused of extorting money from one of its victims. 2013-12-11