WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found.

As Southern California gets some much-needed rain, a new analysis suggests the conditions that led to January's wildfires were 35 per cent more likely because of human-fuelled climate change. And the more likely those fires become,

Thousands of homes in Austin have an elevated risk of wildfire, but residents can prepare. A total of 94,673 homes in Austin have a moderate or greater wildfire risk, making it the highest-risk city outside of California,

Charge Ariel Cohen joins FOX Weather to talk about the recent impacts of rainfall in areas of Southern California burned by recent wildfires.