Climate
State of emergency declared in Southern California amid winter storm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not ruled out the possibility of expanding the emergency declaration to other regions of the state that may be impacted by the storm.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has not ruled out the possibility of expanding the emergency declaration to other regions of the state that may be impacted by the storm.
The storm’s sustained winds continued at about 120 mph as of 7:55 a.m. ET, according to the National Weather Service
Gov. Ron DeSantis expanded a state of emergency to cover more counties as the Sunshine State prepares for the storm to make landfall Wednesday
“The population of the Dominican Republic must all be right now, without exception, in their homes, the homes of friends and family, or in shelters,” said Juan Manuel Méndez, emergency operations director
No deaths or major storm damage have since been reported in the Los Angeles area although other area municipalities are still assessing the damage
A minimum of 114 people have been confirmed dead and 850 people remain missing after Hawaiian wildfires ravaged western part of Maui
If the Hilary makes landfall as a tropical storm in California, it would be the first storm to do so in almost 84 years
Hawaiians are trained to seek higher ground when tsunami warnings go off. If the alarms had gone off, residents would have fled towards the fast-moving fire, instead of away from it, they said
The death toll of the fire surpassed the 85 casualties from the 2019 Camp Fire in Northern California, making the Maui wildfires the deadliest in the past century
The agency predicted that there is a 60% chance that the hurricane season for this summer and fall will be above normal
As of Wednesday evening, at least 36 had died from the fire, making it the deadliest U.S. fire since 2018, when at least 85 people were killed in a fire in California