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Firefighters attacking California's largest wildfire of the year provided a striking view of the fire from a water-dropping helicopter during a night-time run....

Firefighters attacking California's largest wildfire of the year provided a striking view of the fire from a water-dropping helicopter during a night-time run....

Nepal's flood-prone River Kosi burst its banks at the beginning of August. An early warning system sprung into action and alerted residents to the danger ahead of time — resulting in zero reported casualties.

Attribution scientists are modeling floods, droughts and wildfires in real time to determine how big a part global heating plays in each event. DW takes a closer look.

The website shows locations and funding sources for the hundreds of fuel reduction projects that CalFire oversees and provides grants for. Other state agencies will be added in the future.

Unprecedented drought levels in the Yangtze River have increased pressure on hydroelectric power plants, which supply energy to key economic zones of the country.

As heavy rains hit swathes of New Zealand, the mayor of the especially devastated city of Nelson says the effects of the floods "couldn't be overstated." The town faced roughly two months' worth of rain in three days.

To fight the growing threat of wildfires in California, Cal Fire is stepping up efforts to contain those fires as quickly as possible. They're doing that with new technology and better aircrafts.

A fire in southwestern France that was thought to be under control has flared up again. Officials have blamed dry weather conditions and investigators are looking into suspected arson.

California Assemblyman Frank Bigelow reports that $8.1-million in state funding will go to build a new fire station in Pine Grove for the Amador Fire Protection