Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighborhoods underscore a stark lesson -- water utilities generally aren’t designed to respond to the large urban fires growing more common as climate change worsens.

As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities.

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran dry as demand soared for water to quell wildfires that broke out across the county.

Experts are using strong language to warn Maui residents in Lahaina and Upper Kula not to filter their own tap water.

The fast-moving wildfires that raked Maui this week will take a heavy toll on the environment.