CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts. This map will ... largest of the fires so far this year – spread at an alarming rate: Since October, Southern California has experienced increasing ...

Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.

Al Roker talks to climate scientist Alexander Gershunov about the conditions that made the L.A. wildfires so devastating.

That’s the term the climate left is suddenly using to explain the Los Angeles wildfires ... California’s climate has long been variable with dry years following wet ones. The nearby chart ...

For many other areas of Southern California, “this is the driest start to any water year,” Tardy said, “and you can see extreme fire behavior ... looks off the charts,” Kittell said.

A series of life-threatening fires are destroying homes as they race across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas. CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts ...