Oregon Lawmakers Repealed Tsunami Zone Building Law June 25, 2019 The Oregon Legislature has repealed a nearly 25-year-old law prohibiting new schools, hospitals, jails, and police and fire stations from...
Colorado’s Snowpack Raises Flooding Concerns June 3, 2019 By Andrew Oxford The high water content of Colorado’s mountain snowpack has forecasters concerned about the potential for flooding from the annual snowmelt...
Schumer Calls on CDC to Declare Emergency in Superbug Fight May 7, 2019 U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling on the Centers for Disease Control to declare an emergency and unlock special funding...
California Dam’s Spillway Gets First Use Since 2017 Flooding Crisis April 3, 2019 By Rich Pedroncelli and Olga R. Rodriguez Officials at the nation’s tallest dam unleashed water down a rebuilt spillway Tuesday for the first time since it crumbled...
Northern California River Flooded 2,000 Buildings March 1, 2019 By Haven Daley and Olga R. Rodriguez A Northern California river flooded 2,000 homes, businesses and other buildings and left two communities virtual islands after days of...
Storm Waters Flood, Cut off California Town February 28, 2019 By Haven Daley and Olga R. Rodriguez A California town north of San Francisco was accessible only by boat after a rain-swollen river overflowed its banks inundated...
Mudslides Carry Away Homes, Water Rescues Needed in California Storm February 15, 2019 Motorists swam for their lives and residents were rescued from homes sliding downhill as the wettest winter storm of the...
Massive Earthquake Shakes Alaska, Hitting Roads And Bridges Hard December 2, 2018 By Yereth Rosen A powerful earthquake jolted southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting rush-hour traffic and jamming telephone service in and...
California Beach City Evacuated as Fire Jumps Los Angeles Freeway November 9, 2018 By Christopher Palmeri California officials ordered an evacuation of the city of Malibu, an enclave for the area’s rich and famous, and told...
Louisiana Governor Declares Emergency Involving State’s Water System October 8, 2018 Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a water emergency involving an east-central Louisiana water system after finding out that...