Wildfires

The sky is thick with smoke in central Washington, as the state's largest wildfire in recorded history leaves a charred trail of burned homes and blackened trees.

Across the West, wildfires grew bigger and more frequent in the past 30 years, according to a new study that blames climate change and drought for the worsening flames.

There are a number of hazards in golf: sand traps, the "rough," lakes and other water hazards, and two-for-one happy hour at the nineteenth hole. You can now add "wildfires" to that list.

Images from space reveal the extent of a fast-growing blaze just outside of Los Angeles. The regions parched conditions and gusty winds provide the perfect conditions for wildfire.

Wildfires may be getting worse in the western United States, and hotter, drier weather that comes with climate change may be to blame.

About 100 bushfires raging in New South Wales, Australia's most populated state, forced thousands of people to flee their homes yesterday.