Wildfires

“I think we all know our climate is changing, our region is becoming hotter and drier and the threat of increased wildfires is very real,” said Travis County Commissioner Brigid Shea.

2020 and 2016 are virtually tied for the hottest year on record. That means more powerful hurricanes, more intense wildfires, less ice and longer heat waves.

The drought gripping much of the state has some thinking back to 2011, the worst single-year drought in Texas history.

From Texas Standard:Randy Jamieson lives in the River Place development in Northwest Austin – what developers call a “master-planned” community. About…

Austin City Council members say they need a better look at where Austin could be falling short in terms of its wildfire preparedness.A report out today…

Mayor Jody Jones estimates 90 percent of the residential structures were destroyed in California's Camp Fire. Crews search for those who may have perished in neighborhoods now marked by silence.

Hundreds of Texas firefighters will start heading to California on Monday morning to help battle wildfires burning in Southern California. Texas Gov. Greg…

Four large wildfires have broken out in Central Texas in just about a week. It’s part of a bad year for Texas fires, and climate researchers say the…

From Texas Standard.One of the staples of elementary school library shelves across Texas is Hank the Cowdog – the dog who fancies himself the “head of…

It’s been a pretty busy summer so far when it comes to fighting wildfires in Central Texas.“We have seen a year that mimics more of what we had three,…