Wind has wreaked havoc with wildfires threatening two crown jewels of the US National Park Service

Ash rained down across Los Angeles on Sunday from a destructive wildfire that the mayor said was the largest in city history.

A wildfire in northern California has destroyed 10 homes and is threatening 800 more, authorities said, with a number of people forced to evacuate.

Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava.

 

You don’t need to be a scout or an outdoor enthusiast to learn how to light fires without a match, build a shelter from basic materials or cook under the open sky, says Áilín Quinlan.           

Apple CEO Tim Cook last night channelled Apple founder Steve Jobs to announce the tech giant’s new music streaming service.

Dean Potter knew the risks every time he flew off a cliff in a wingsuit.

Extreme athlete Dean Potter, renowned for his bold climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed while attempting a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park.

Two Americans have completed what was considered the world’s most difficult rock climb, by scaling a 910m vertical wall on El Capitan.

One of them got stuck in one part for a week.

Two climbers trying to accomplish the "Climb of the Century" using only their hands and feet to scale a sheer granite face, are near the top after 17 days.

IT’S been a bad year for wild fires in California and the one that caught the attention of the world media last week was the ‘Rim Fire’ which spread into Yosemite National Park.

Officials said yesterday a massive wildfire burning near Yosemite National Park grew overnight, but they were still making progress in containing it.

A raging wildfire in Yosemite National Park has rained ash on the reservoir that is the chief source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water.

A wildfire raging on the edge of the Yosemite National Park threatened both one of America’s premier sites of natural beauty and a reservoir that supplies San Francisco.

A huge wildfire near Yosemite National Park in California has continued to threaten San Francisco’s water supply, while firefighters warned it was so hot that it could send sparks into new, untouched areas.

Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to protect mountain communities in the path of a fire raging north of Yosemite National Park.

A giant wildfire raging out of control in the US has grown to nearly 200 square miles and spread into Yosemite National Park, as California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the city of San Francisco 150 miles away because of the threat to the city’s utilities.

Irish holidaymakers who are experiencing flu-like symptoms after travelling to far-flung countries over the summer have been warned they could be carrying a killer virus.

Thousands of visitors to Yosemite National Park, one of America’s top tourist attractions, have been warned to watch for symptoms of a rare rodent-borne disease which has already killed two people.

A TROVE of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 (€35) have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said yesterday.

A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged in every direction, going in a single day from a modest threat to a danger to some 10,000 homes.

A wildfire burning almost completely out of control outside the famed Yosemite National Park in California has charred more than 42 square miles and destroyed 12 homes.

A man has died after being attacked by a large deer in his back garden.

A 21-year-old Irishman fell to his death while posing for a picture beside a waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it emerged tonight.

An Irishman in his early 20s has reportedly died in a fall at the Yosemite National Park in the US state of California.

EXUBERANT Russian Marat Safin announced his return as a major force in astonishing fashion yesterday with a thrilling five-set victory over world number one Andy Roddick to set up an enticing Australian Open semi-final clash with Andre Agassi.

A convicted child molester whose kidnapping of a boy was turned into a television film has been arrested after allegedly trying to buy a child, police said.