The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...

The next phase of updated California Fire Hazard Severity Zones, which assess the likelihood of wildfire behavior in local ...

Researchers use models that combine how weather, topography and types of vegetation raise the risk that a fire will grow ...

WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW ANY OF THESE NEW UPDATES FROM CAL FIRE. AND WHEN NEW MAPS FOR A REGION ARE P A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in ...

Santa Ana winds are blowing through California, and parts of the state are at an increased risk of wildfires because of drought.

Figuring out the best ways to handle California's wildfire emergencies will be the focus of a two-day gathering that kicks ...

To determine the hazard level for an area, factors such as fire history, existing and potential vegetation, predicted flame length and ember-dispersion distances, terrain and weather patterns are ...

Roosevelt Banks’s home in Altadena, Calif., was destroyed by the California wildfires. Nearly two months later, he’s still awaiting answers from his insurer and living week to week in hotels.

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest ...