The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has billions of dollars in disaster funds, which are used to reimburse states for eligible recovery efforts after major disasters, contrary to posts online saying FEMA has “no money” to respond to the wildfires in southern California.

ABC7 talked to FEMA to answer viewer questions about wildfire recovery and how to get aid. Watch the Ask7 special here.

Wildfires have destroyed around 90 square miles of area around Pacific Palisades, Pasadena and other communities in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. Over 16,000 buildings have been destroyed, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to evacuate or placed under evacuation orders.

California considers adopting Texas-style disaster recovery model to speed up housing rebuilding after wildfires.

The recent wildfires in California were worsened by climate change, a report found. The study, released Tuesday by World Weather Attribution, found that human-caused climate change increased the

Many Americans are paying much more for their homeowner insurance these days — but Americans living in areas exposed to intense weather fueled by climate change are paying even more money ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

So far, many clues to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which started in the area just after 6 p.m. that evening and went on to kill 17 people, have pointed to the brushy hillside where a tangle of electrical lines stretch up Eaton Canyon.

The president has had harsh words for state and local leaders in California amid the deadly blazes. He recently suggested that any federal aid could come with strings.

Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions in this month's fires by 35 percent and its intensity by 6 percent.

The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst wildfires in Southern California have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, raising the likelihood of a spike in demand for lumber in the months and years ahead.