At a Glance Several fires broke out this week in a region where a huge fire burned last year.Cal Fire thinks high winds stoked underground hot spots.The region is struggling with drought. Several small wildfires that erupted around California's Santa Cruz Mountains on Tuesday were likely started by wind that fanned embers smoldering underground for months after a huge fire outbreak in the same region last year. There is a "strong possibility" the wind helped rekindle hot spots within the...

At a Glance The storm has dumped rain and snow across the northern part of England and parts of Wales. Residents of a two retirement villages were stranded by floodwaters and had to be rescued.A pileup shut down southbound lanes of the M5 motorway. Flooding across the United Kingdom from Storm Christoph forced more than 2,000 homes to evacuate and threatened a facility where a COVID-19 vaccine is bottled. Emergency crews worked through the night to keep water away from...

At a Glance The fire was reported about 1:15 a.m. Friday.Residents in the community of Mountain Center were told to leave their homes.California suffered a brutal string of wildfires in 2020. Evacuation orders have been lifted for a community in California's San Jacinto Mountains that was threatened by a wildfire. Residents in Mountain Center were told to leave their homes after a wildfire broke out in dry, windy conditions early Friday morning. All residents were allowed to return thom by...