Malibu Fire Explodes in Size, Forces Thousands to Evacuate December 10, 2024 A Southern California wildfire whipped by “particularly dangerous” winds destroyed homes, shut schools and spurred the evacuation of thousands of...
Swarm of Moderate to Strong Quakes Hit Alaska’s Aleutian Islands December 10, 2024 A series of moderate to strong earthquakes that struck Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands and offshore areas Sunday comprised what scientists...
Earthquakes Under a Volcano Near Alaska’s Largest City Raise Concerns December 9, 2024 By Mark Thiessen An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year has geologists paying attention....
Quake Prompted Tsunami Warning West Coast. Here’s What to Know About Tsunamis December 9, 2024 By Mark Thiessen The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people...
Strong Northern California Quake Triggered Brief Tsunami Warning December 5, 2024 By Lauren Rosenthal and Mark Chediak A magnitude-7.0 earthquake off the coast of Northern California triggered a brief tsunami warning across a swath of the U.S....
Safer Buildings Vs More Housing: How New Building Codes May Impact Hawaii November 22, 2024 By Thomas Heaton A month after wildfires ravaged Maui in August 2023, Gov. Josh Green issued an emergency proclamation to postpone the adoption...
Atmospheric River to Slam the Pacific Northwest and California November 18, 2024 Meteorologists are forecasting a stormy pattern that could impact millions of people across U.S. this week with the threat of...
California Wildfire Destroys 243 Structures, Cancellation Moratorium Issued November 18, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for more...
USGS: Pair of Small Quakes in Southern California’s Inland Empire November 18, 2024 A pair of small earthquakes were reported in Southern California’s Inland Empire on Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey....
Plains All American Agrees to Pay $73M to Settle California Oil Spill Lawsuit November 13, 2024 By Vallari Srivastava Plains All American Pipeline has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2015 Refugio Beach oil...