Skylines/Shutterstock As the recent events involving both the LA and Hawaii wildfires and Italy's volcanic eruptions have ...

Sheriff Robert Luna said 179,783 people are under evacuation orders due to the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst and Lidia fires in Los Angeles County. Another 200,000 residents are under evacuation warnings.

Five people have died, but officials say the death toll is likely to be higher. More than 2,000 structures have burned and at ...

Helicopters are due back in the air to help battle the scrub fire that has destroyed about 20ha of vegetation.