Hundreds of fires are burning across the state of Alaska, blackening nearly 5 million acres of thick forest and tundra. The fires are the result of an abnormally warm and dry June, followed by ...

Northern Alaska, long viewed as a frozen buffer against fire, is now breaking records that reach deep into prehistory. New research shows the 2023 wildfire season there was the most severe in at least ...

Climate trends, lightning forecasts and past megafires all point to one conclusion: preparation matters more than prediction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wheeler Fire, burns about 33 miles northwest of Huslia on July 7, 2025. The fire was estimated at 3,000 acres at the time.

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...

The federal Small Business Administration has declared an economic disaster for parts of Interior Alaska that lost business due to wildfires this summer. Gov. Dunleavy requested the disaster ...

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Alaska, the great northern frontier of America, is being reshaped by climate change. While rising temperatures are altering its character and landscape, they are also bringing the ravages of wildfires ...

Ashes swallowed my hiking boots as I climbed a forested ridge north of Fairbanks. Blackened branches clawed at the sky — the ridge burned last year in the Grapefruit Complex fire — and the air still ...

Federal officials have issued an economic-disaster declaration in response to wildfires that scorched Interior Alaska this summer. The lightning-sparked fires flared to life in mid-June and burned for ...