With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...

NOAA satellites paired with AI data analysis also generate alerts but over a wider area. They can detect heat signatures, map fire perimeters and burned areas, and track smoke and pollutants to assess ...

North Carolina is another state prone to hurricanes—and in fact Hurricane Helene last fall triggered a Biden administration ...

Watch Duty’s success raises questions about why citizen-led tech is outpacing government emergency response efforts. The company’s co-founder explores the lessons agencies can learn from this ...

Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, ...

In just a single month, 2025 is the second most destructive fire year in California history, with more than 16,000 homes and other structures damaged or destroyed by two fires in the Los Angeles area.

In 1922, the Balian family bought a home in Altadena, having made their money by making ice cream, and turned it into the ...

All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...

As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new ...

Numerous blazes erupted in Southern California this month, consuming thousands of acres and killing at least 29 people.