Celebrities Ignore Deadly Wildfire Smoke Engulfing Brazil’s Largest City Under Socialist President
Brazil’s largest city, São Paulo, woke up on Monday to a plume of wildfire smoke as a record number of fires raged across the state and the Amazon basin, killing at least three people and threatening to engulf one of the world’s largest ecosystems. Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have long been a major environmental […]
Hawaiian Electric raises going concern risk over Maui wildfire settlement financing
Maui business owner Javier Cantelops talks in “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” about why the island needs to bring tourists back for business. Hawaiian Electric The company said it still had no plans to raise funds for the $1.99 billion Maui wildfire settlement it agreed to earlier this month, and cited going concern risks in its […]
Wildfire burns down several homes in San Bernardino, Calif., forces mass evacuations
A fast-spreading wildfire ravaged a residential area of California on Monday afternoon, quickly scorching 54 acres and destroying several homes. The blaze, now named the Edgehill Fire, broke out in the Little Mountain area of San Bernardino County around 2:40 p.m., according to fire officials. A firefighter turns away from the heat of a completely […]
Harris says ‘everybody needs to be woke’ in unearthed clip spreading like wildfire on social media
A 2017 video of Vice President Kamala Harris calling on “everyone” to “wake up” has resurfaced on social media, with critics and conservatives slamming the presumptive Democratic nominee as a “communist” and “too radical to serve as president.” “We have to be awake, like everybody has to be awake. And you can talk about whether […]
Wyoming wildfire destroys GOP rep’s childhood home: ‘Devastating’
A raging wildfire has destroyed the childhood home of Republican Congresswoman Harriet Hageman of Wyoming. Officials say the blaze has burned more than 28,000 acres in eastern Wyoming since last week. The Haystacks Fire, which was contained Monday, reignited the next day and burned areas in the Haystack Mountains and north of Fort Laramie, Goshen […]
Maui wildfire victims secure more than $4B to settle lawsuits
Maui wildfire victims have reached a $4 billion settlement, according to court documents. Liaison’s lawyers filed a motion saying the settlement would resolve all claims related to last year’s devastating Maui fires. They are asking the judge to order that insurance companies cannot individually pursue defendants who received money from them. The Associated Press reported. […]
2023 Lahaina Wildfire Lawsuits Nearing $4 Billion Settlement
Hawaii’s Democratic governor said Wednesday that parties in a lawsuit over the 2023 wildfires are close to a settlement. The lawsuit was filed against the state, Maui County and public utilities in response to a devastating wildfire that ravaged Lahaina in August 2023 and caused devastating damage to residents, according to the Associated Press. report […]
Rescuer Braves California Wildfire to Save Dog and Her Puppies
Search and rescue team members are being praised for rescuing a Rottweiler and her pack of puppies from the Park Fire in Northern California. A resident’s truck broke down in a remote area above Cohasset on Wednesday, forcing the resident to exit the vehicle along with two adult dogs and a pack of puppies, the […]
Paradise, Calif., decimated by 2018 wildfire, under new evacuation warning
Paradise, California, which was devastated by wildfires in 2018, is once again facing an active wildfire threat as the Park Fire spreads across Northern California. Paradise was one of several communities in Butte County, California, that were issued wildfire-related evacuation warnings this weekend. The intensity and spread of the wildfire was reminiscent of the 2018 […]
California wildfire explodes in size, scalding 307K acres
California’s largest wildfire in three years has grown to more than 307,000 acres, an area roughly the size of Los Angeles, and remained 0% contained as of Saturday. “The Park Fire continued to burn intensely due to steep terrain and wind conditions,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said in a report. Will […]