Year: 2017

Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Multiple wildfires continue to rage out west, prompting National Weather Service warnings, alerts and evacuations across multiple states.There are currently 78 large wildfires burning in eight western states, including Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and California.The La Tuna fire that began last Friday in Los Angeles has scorched over 7,000 acres across Burbank and Glendale, making it the largest fire in the history of Los Angeles, […]

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(MIAMI) -- Up to 400,000 people in Miami-Dade could be ordered to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida, the mayor told ABC News."This is a hurricane that I've never seen before, so we are preparing here," Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez said Thursday in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America."We are also praying that it doesn't come our way.”Hurricane Irma, a […]

ABC News(MIAMI) -- As Hurricane Irma moves over the Caribbean and takes aim at Florida, Gov. Rick Scott warned that the "massive storm" could be more treacherous than Hurricane Andrew, which devastated the Sunshine State 25 years ago."I want everybody to understand the importance of this. This is bigger than Andrew," Scott said Wednesday in an interview from Tallahassee with ABC News' Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts. "This could […]

ABC News(EAST CHICAGO, Ind.) -- The FBI is investigating after an explosion at a post office in East Chicago, Indiana, injured a postal worker on Wednesday.East Chicago Acting Fire Chief Francisco Mendez told ABC affiliate WLS-TV that an explosive device went off at a post office on East Chicago Avenue at about 6 p.m. CT. A female postal worker suffered minor injuries in the explosion and was taken to the […]

ABC News(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Hurricane Irma lashed the Caribbean on Wednesday, causing at least 10 deaths, while Florida, Georgia and South Carolina in the U.S. are facing states of emergency as residents brace for the monster storm.The storm -- dubbed "extremely dangerous" by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) -- currently has sustained winds of 180 mph and even higher gusts.The storm's impact on the Caribbean islandsOn Wednesday afternoon, […]