6 posts tagged ‘Wildfires’

• Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread

  TechCrunch, Jan 8, 2025

  Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the number one free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the number one spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. Watch Duty has been around since […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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• Fire Hydrants in L.A. Stop Working as Firefighters Battle Historic Blazes

  Gizmodo, Jan 8, 2025

  Two people have died and over 1,000 structures have been destroyed.

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• How to Help Victims of the L.A. Wildfires

  The Cut, Jan 8, 2025

  Over 30,000 Los Angeles–area residents have been evacuated so far, and the blaze is only expected to get worse.

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• Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s House Burned Down

  The Cut, Jan 8, 2025

  The couple and their two sons evacuated before losing their entire home in the Pacific Palisades fires.

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• The U.N. Announces the Hottest Year

  The New Yorker, Dec 12, 2023

  The climate heated up, but clean energy did, too.

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• Lahaina Hallelujah

  The New Yorker, Nov 22, 2023

  A cartoonist reflects on his family’s roots in Maui and the devastation of the wildfire.

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