Author Jamia Wilson wants to inspire the next generation of activists by showing them the power of those who came before.

Houses and fire do not mix. The firestorm which hit Los Angeles in January destroyed nearly 2,000 buildings and forced ...

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ...

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Consider the floods of the geologically distant past, echoing to this day in maps of the “500-year flood zone,” known to real estate agents and few others. Most owners, sellers and buyers of homes ...

Nonfiction works by contemporary authors such as Harriet Washington, David Wallace-Wells and Andreas Malm give their readers ...

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

Real-estate giant Zillow began offering snapshots of climate risk to potential homebuyers in September 2024. The climate risk scores reflect a property’s risk of five types of hazards over the next 30 ...

A flash flood warning was issued for the Palisades Fire burn area as heavy rain increases the risk for life-threatening ...

In the Northeast, sleet and freezing rain may occur, affecting driving conditions and possibly creating power outages.

For most of the city’s relatively short history, residents of the Las Vegas Valley have been spared from the anguish of the ...