As we continue to watch the destruction unfold in California from the wildfires, the Florida Forest Service is warning of an increased risk of fires in the Sunshine State.

A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.

USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

The details of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles are a stark reminder that mother nature can be a terrifying force, but are conditions like that possible in this part of the country?

But Florida and California have more in common than many might acknowledge, which explains why the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles resonate here in the Sunshine State. The blazes raging ...

The Florida wildfires of 1998 remain one of the state’s most devastating natural disasters. They highlighted the unique risks posed by Florida’s climate and vegetation, proving that wildfires of catastrophic scale are not confined to the western United States.

DORAL, Fla. — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., suggested Monday that he is open to conditioning California wildfire aid on forcing the state to embrace voter ID laws. President Donald Trump floated the idea on Friday, the same day he visited flame-ravaged Los Angeles.

“Even in Florida, it only takes a few months for fuels that were saturated at one point with water and humidity in the summertime to dry out and become fuels for a wildfire,” said Porte

But Florida and California have more in common than many might acknowledge, which explains why the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles resonate here in the Sunshine State. The blazes raging across Los Angeles have killed at least 24 people, burned some ...

Throughout Florida’s history, its ecology has been entangled with fire. “We set good fires, or else we get bad ones,” says Jay Bailey, Sarasota County’s wildfire mitigation officer.

In a state that averages more than 7,500 wildfires a year some California homeowners keep helmets and fire hoses handy. However, the Los Angeles fires demonstrate a new reality: Wildfires in the state are growing larger and more ferocious and burning into suburbs and cities more often, experts told USA TODAY.

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