A full house of worried Deschutes County residents showed up Wednesday as county commissioners discussed the state’s recently ...

Communities in Deschutes County wanting to reduce their wildfire risk can help themselves by applying for a program that will ...

New Orleans ranks as the worst U.S. city for flood risk. Learn why, what it means for homebuyers, and how to protect your new home with flood insurance and other options.

Resilience is critical as the likelihood of catastrophic losses rises, writes Michael Shadeed of Franklin Street.

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a ...

Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the state to speed up its rulemaking for wildfire safety around homes in fire-prone areas that ...

CAL FIRE's maps only showed a ring of “very high” red hazard in the wildlands next to Altadena, with the vast majority of the ...

Lately, it's been cold and wet, but La Niña's cooler Pacific Ocean waters near the equator foretell a warmer, drier winter ...