While the new map only accounts for slope and rock conditions — not external factors like rainfall or snowmelt — it’s a ...

Analyzing lava flows that solidified and then broke apart over a massive crack in Earth's crust in Turkey has brought new ...

A new study by the Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) identifies areas most susceptible to deep-seated landslides in ...

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...

New CalFire fire hazard severity zone maps include parts of the Mesa neighborhood and TV Hill. Credit: Ray Ford / Noozhawk file photo A month after CalFire released new fire hazard maps ...

is looking for your input regarding the Local Responsibility Area Fire Hazard Severity Zone Map created by the California Department of Forestry and Fire (CAL FIRE). The South Lake Tahoe Fire ...

SALEM, Ore. – Senate Bill 83, which seeks to repeal the controversial wildfire hazard map and the related regulations, advanced today after a unanimous vote in the Senate Committee on Natural ...

New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard severity zones.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — (KBAK/FOX58) Kern County Fire Captain Andrew Freeborn is urging residents to review the county's new hazard maps and prepare their homes for the upcoming fire season.

From CalMatters economy reporter Levi Sumagaysay: State Farm will try to justify its need to raise property insurance rates — stat — at an unprecedented public rate hearing starting today. Rate ...