Oregon Regulator to Investigate Pacificorp’s Request to Limit Wildfire Liability November 30, 2023 Oregon’s utility regulator this week said it would investigate a petition by PacifiCorp to limit its liability from future wildfire-related...
Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards November 30, 2023 By Don Jergler By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report...
Woman Fell Through Floorboards and a Hidden Well Shaft in SC Home Fatality November 30, 2023 SALEM, S.C. (AP) — An 83-year-old woman who died when she fell through rotting floorboards in a century-old South Carolina...
Maui Wildfire Survivors Camp Pushing Mayor to Convert Vacation Rentals into Housing November 28, 2023 By Audrey McAvoy A group of Lahaina wildfire survivors is vowing to camp on a popular resort beach until the mayor uses his...
Five Family Members And a Commercial Fisherman Neighbor Killed in Alaska Landslide November 27, 2023 Authorities identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a...
Fatalities From Maui Wildfire Reach 100 After Death of Woman November 17, 2023 The death toll from the wildfire that devastated the historic Maui town of Lahaina last summer has risen to 100...
Low-Intensity Fires Reduce Wildfire Risk by 60%, Study Finds November 16, 2023 There is no longer any question of how to prevent high-intensity, often catastrophic, wildfires that have become increasingly frequent across...
Two-Thirds of North America Could Face Power Shortages This Winter November 9, 2023 More than half of the U.S. and parts of Canada, home to around 180 million people, could fall short of...
Devastated California Town Struggles to Rebuild Amid High Home Insurance Costs November 8, 2023 By Janie Har Heidi Lange was among the first to rebuild after the deadliest wildfire in California history destroyed her home in 2018...
Southern California Wildfire That Prompted Evacuation Order Now 20% Contained November 2, 2023 A wildfire fueled by Santa Ana winds that in southeast of Los Angeles, forcing about 4,000 people from their homes,...