Note that full containment doesn't mean the fire is completely out. In this case, it means that the whole perimeter of the ...

Floods have devastated entire U.S. cities, leaving nothing but destruction and loss in their wake. From raging rivers to historic hurricanes, these disasters reshaped landscapes and forced communities ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 8:15 p.m. in Fresno County. Dinuba Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters are battling a vegetation fire in San Diego County near State Route 78 on Friday that ...

Emma Pattee explores what might happen to a woman during the Cascadia Earthquake, in “Tilt.” Like the San Andreas Fault, the ...

The deadliest fire in Israel’s history struck Mount Carmel in 2010. Forty-four lives were lost—prison guards, firefighters, ...

As Israel battled a series of raging wildfires amid extreme weather, social media posts shared a dramatic video showing flames sweeping across a hillside falsely claiming it showed a recent blaze near ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For years, wildfire-resilient home and neighborhood design has been a niche consideration for many California homeowners ... Also: State’s new fire maps won’t push up insurance rates, industry ...

Building a fire resilient home from scratch is one thing. Bringing older homes up to that heightened standard is a more daunting and costly challenge — and one that California lawmakers at the ...

The chief executive of Southern California Edison’s parent company said Tuesday that the company was likely to suffer "material losses" related to the deadly Eaton fire, which ignited on Jan. 7 ...

Human-caused climate crisis doubled the chances of the extreme weather that fuelled South Korea’s deadliest wildfires ... and centuries-old temples. The fire burnt over 104,000 hectares ...