Seven people are unaccounted for after multiple explosions obliterated a fireworks facility Tuesday in northern California, ...

About 101,500 new housing units were permitted statewide last year, a 9% drop from the previous year and the state’s lowest ...

Breezy afternoon winds and dry conditions on July 2 will raise the risk of new fires growing out of control, the National ...

Homeowners in Louisiana and Florida face the highest estimated annual losses per person from natural disasters, a new report ...

Oregon lawmakers passed an oral nicotine tax to pay for some wildfire costs, while a bill aimed at getting wildfire survivors ...

BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has ...

Based on NASA satellite imagery, the map shows where vegetation is most likely to produce dangerous firebrands during high ...

On a new Bay Area wildfire-risk map that gauges the threat of wind-driven embers, Lars Guntvedt’s neighborhood in the hills above Los Gatos sits in the highest-danger zone. Like many of his of ...

SAN MATEO, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- As wildfire season continues to impact California and the western United States, Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced the availability of critical data and maps ...

The new fire map would see much of Carmel designated as high-risk, but even moderate-risk areas, which are also found on the new map, need to be identified “through adoption of an ordinance ...

House Republicans accused Democrats of tabling a bill that would repeal the state's controversial wildfire hazard map for leverage to raid the kicker rebate.

Drought conditions mean the risk for wildfires is greater. Drought conditions are posing wildfire risks across the Treasure Coast, but especially in Martin County.