Australian citizen Rory Sykes was killed in Malibu as the wildfires raged, his mum announced on social media. Hundreds of people have gathered to pay tribute to young surfer Lance Appleby, who was taken by a great white shark just over a week ago on South Australia's west coast.

Fire weather” is a term increasingly used to describe the atmospheric conditions that have rendered California’s recent wildfires uncontrollable. This emerging pattern combines hot, dry air that draws moisture from the soil and vegetation,

Two wildfires still burning in Los Angeles have torched more urban areas than any other fire in the state since at least the mid-1980s, an Associated Press analysis shows. The Eaton and Palisades fires that erupted last week have collectively burned almost 4 square miles of highly dense parts of Los Angeles,

California residents are being warned of potential landslides in the wake of the Los Angeles wildfires. A man in Los Angeles lost his home to a mudslide just days after surviving the Palisades blaze.