During the last 100 years, the deadliest wildfires in the country have occurred in California, but Hawaii’s disaster makes ranks among some of the worst blazes of all time.
A rash of thunderstorms expected to form and roam the southwestern United States later this week will bring lightning that could spark new wildfires, AccuWeather forecasters warn. The storms that develop, especially in the mountains of Central and Southern California from late Wednesday through Friday, will feature lightning but very little rainfall and are known as dry thunderstorms. This is a dangerous recipe as the region barrels into the annual wildfire season. The threat of these dry thunde