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Wildfire Season Returns to Canada’s Oil Sands

Jun 1 2026 // Wildfire season has returned to Canada’s oil sands region, with seven active blazes in the area on Sunday raising risks for communities, workers, companies and investors. Canada is the world’s fourth-largest...

Entrepreneur’s Suit Says My Safe Florida Home Hurricane Shutters Are Fire Hazards

Jun 1 2026 // As the 2026 hurricane season blows in and a state-funded wind-mitigation program remains as popular as ever, a Florida entrepreneur named John Smith wants a word. The My Safe Florida Home program, providing matching grants...

Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Milder Than Normal Thanks to El Nino

May 26 2026 // A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won’t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists...

Containment Grows on California Wildfire That Forced Thousands to Evacuate

May 21 2026 // Containment has continued to increase on the Sandy fire in Simi Valley, which prompted evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people in Ventura County earlier this week. Though fire activity has slowed, the blaze still...

New York Homes Most Exposed to Hurricane Risk, Beating Miami

May 19 2026 // More than 3 million New York metropolitan-area homes are vulnerable to hurricane winds, the most of any region in the country, according to a report from Cotality, a property analytics firm. Roughly 3.27 million homes in...

South Florida Wildfires Have Burned Thousands of Acres

May 14 2026 // A pair of South Florida wildfires that torched thousands of acres in the Everglades over the weekend spread Monday as fire crews worked to contain them. The Florida Forest Service posted on Facebook that the growing fires...

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