Tornadoes, wildfires, tropical cyclones and sea level rise are all on the list of dangers made worse by climate change.

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 ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

The new hazard maps, released by the State Fire Marshal on Feb. 24, will also impose additional design and construction requirements for new construction built within high-severity zones. Compared to ...

(KPTV) - On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildfire voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 83, which is another step in repealing a controversial wildfire hazard map for ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and comment, the Kern County Fire Department said. Cal ...

More than half of the city of Tehachapi is now in a "very high" or "high" fire hazard severity zone, according to a map published recently by Cal Fire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire ...

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state.

A fresh splash of crimson juts east of Chico like a fresh wound. With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just ...

Now, local governments have 120 days to receive public input and adopt the maps with an ordinance. While cities and counties can opt to increase the hazard level of a zone or number of acres in a ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS ... this could vary depending on different hazards based on the kind of eruption. The initial blast; flying debris; hot gases; and fast-moving mud, rock, ...