All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...
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 ...
A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire fly down a residential street in Altadena, California, on January 8. Robyn ...
The fire agencies are helping Pioneertown residents earn designation as a Firewise Community from the National Fire Protection Association. They’ve formed a three-year action plan and accompanied ...
This all contributes to rising home insurance premiums. From 2020 to 2023, those costs have increased by 33%, rising from ...
North Carolina is another state prone to hurricanes—and in fact Hurricane Helene last fall triggered a Biden administration ...
Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an ...
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone ...
What we’ve discovered through years of studies and user interviews is that, in an emergency, information fatigue never occurs ...