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Most of the thousands of people who fled a raging California wildfire in the mountains north of Santa Barbara were told they could return home Tuesday as an approaching storm offered hope the flames would be doused.

The storm was heading to South Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, while a “bomb cyclone” weather phenomenon began toppling trees, knocking out power and dumping snow as it barreled into California and Oregon.

Officials say thousands of Southern California residents have fled their homes because of a wildfire burning in mountains near Santa Barbara.

About a quarter of Denver International Airport’s 1,500 flights on Tuesday were canceled Monday afternoon.

Federal and local governments have spent more than $5 billion to buy tens of thousands of vulnerable properties across the U.S.

No details were immediately provided as to how many people lost electricity, but the shut-offs are expected to affect 375,000 people and last into Thursday.

The $29 million in grants announced Monday are being matched by nearly $60 million from government agencies and nonprofits in 20 states, the District of Columbia and two U.S. territories.

Utility says that shutoffs last month successfully prevented potential ignitions.

The wildfires that are rampant this time of year in California force small business owners to be prepared in the same way as owners in other parts of the country who deal with tornadoes and other natural disasters.

The sum will reimburse counties, cities and other public agencies for firefighting costs and repairing damage from two of the region’s worst blazes.

NASA says a meteor seen streaking through the sky behind the Gateway Arch in St. Louis was a basketball-size hunk of rock that broke off from an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

New York's Democratic governor threatened to revoke the utility's certificate to operate in parts of the state.

Big, destructive hurricanes are hitting the U.S. three times more frequently than they did a century ago, according to a new study.

The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year's hurricanes.

Newsom also reiterated the state would consider a potential takeover of the utility if the bankruptcy is not resolved by June 30.

The blaze has since burned 9,412 acres and is 50% contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported Sunday morning.

President Trump tells Gov. Gavin Newsom to "get your act together."

At least 20 seniors with wheelchairs and walkers were essentially trapped, in the dark, in a low-income apartment complex in Northern California during a two-day power shut-off aimed at warding off wildfires.

Around 420,000 customers were without power up and down the Eastern Seaboard and in Ohio as severe thunderstorms moved through the region.

Lingering winds were blamed for churning up a wildfire that erupted Thursday evening and quickly spread from a hilltop near Santa Paula, north of Los Angeles.