As wildfires sweep across California at greater frequency every year, a new study has uncovered another devastating effect of the annual disasters. Erosion in the state after a wildfire has increased dramatically in the past 37 years,

The battle against a wildfire also got a boost in South Dakota thanks to cooler weather and lighter winds. Residents of the state's second-largest city have been on edge, ready to flee if flames from a nearby blaze moved dangerously close.

A growing wildfire in Northern California forced hundreds of people to evacuate Wednesday as a heat wave threatened to make fire conditions worse. In the Midwest, a wildfire kept residents of South Dakota’s second-largest city on edge,