From concerns about evacuating in an electric vehicle, to the challenges of cleaning up lithium-ion batteries, we spoke with experts about how society grapples with worsening disasters largely fueled ...

Taking preemptive steps to protect your home and plan your exit can reduce danger and help firefighters do their jobs, first ...

When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...

With increasingly hot weather and topographical features that resemble those in parts of Southern California, the booming ...

More than an inch of rain fell in parts of Los Angeles Monday afternoon, triggering flash flood watches and warnings in areas ...

More than two thousand PG&E customers lost power Tuesday morning in downtown Stockton. At least 2,157 customers were without ...

A drone is now the first responder to ‘unknown type fire’ calls — frequently those set by homeless people — in the city of San Bernardino.

You never expect it. As a journalist covering climate disasters and other news, I have always been on the outside, reporting on such disasters for decades. Now I am on the inside and I am terrified — ...

President Trump toured neighborhoods in Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires over the last two weeks as firefighters continued to battle multiple blazes in Southern California.

Wildfires in the Los Angeles area have burned tens of thousands of acres, damaged or destroyed thousands of structures and forced people to evacuate across the region. The day after the Palisades ...