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California residents are bracing for a second wave of life-threatening floods as roads turned to rivers and mudslides engulfed homes on Christmas Day. The holiday period is forecast to be a washout for the Golden State this year, with…

A massive explosion at an oil refinery in Los Angeles triggered a huge fireball that sent shockwaves through the city. The blast took place just outside LAX airport and was seen for miles across the city after it ignited at the Chevron…

Fire weather  by John Vaillant (Sceptre £25, 432pp)With what sometimes seems like half of Europe and North America ablaze this summer, Fire Weather, the latest book by the Vancouver-based writer and journalist John Vaillant, could not be…

Shocking footage shows giant Buddha statue engulfed in flames in China - with blaze destroying several historic temple buildings that surrounded itAttraction was built in 1998 and temple site around it dates back 1,500…