Rebuilding After Hurricanes is Complex, Can Change Character of a Community July 17, 2024 HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68,...
CBO Says Mortgage Subsidy Cost from Flood Damage to Hit $395M by 2053 July 12, 2024 By Don Jergler Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of floods in the U.S., posing greater risks to homeowners...
Wildfire Risk Rises as Western States Dry Out Amid Ongoing Heat Wave July 11, 2024 By Christopher Weber Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the...
Florida, Environmental Groups Settle Lawsuit Over Massive Phosphate Leak July 11, 2024 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Environmental groups and Florida regulators have settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions...
Review of Prescribed Fires Following Record New Mexico Blaze Finds Gaps July 9, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan Two years after the U.S. Forest Service sparked what would become the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s...
Growing Fire in Southern California Prompts Evacuations July 8, 2024 A wildfire that erupted in Southern California has burned more than 20,000 acres, prompting an evacuation order and threatening ranches,...
$21M to Settle Claims Over Botched Fireworks Detonation in Los Angeles July 5, 2024 Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the...
California Wildfire Outlook: ‘A Challenging Season for Firefighters’ July 1, 2024 By Don Jergler While the official start to California’s wildfire season is still a ways off, the best forecast of what’s ahead may...
A Potential Atlantic Hurricane Is About to Clash With a Cloud of Saharan Dust June 28, 2024 A cluster of thunderstorms is threatening to become the Atlantic’s next tropical storm or hurricane — if it can survive...
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Bill to Create Landslide Insurance Program June 28, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A bill to create a state landslide insurance program for homeowners in Pennsylvania has been advanced by a House committee....