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Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

A severe storm making its way into Southern California has triggered concerns of mud and debris flows in areas hit by the ...

By Matt Stiles, Sean O'Key, Byron Manley, Lou Robinson, Curt Merrill, Annette Choi, Rachel Wilson, Henrik Pettersson, Amy ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest severity zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

“Most precipitation will fall in the Far West, Southwest, Rockies, and eastern U.S., especially Tennessee and surrounding ...

The catastrophic fires in Los Angeles are far from extinguished, but the blame game is already raging. Apocalyptic images of entire communities returned to ash have been interspliced with a steady ...

Less than a month after the Palisades fire tore through California, a plot of land where a home once sat has found a buyer ...