Cal Fire’s updated fire-hazard maps will double the area of locally managed land that must comply with safety codes
Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in ...
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Doomsday map shows highest risk states of climate catastrophe as US disappears under water
A new map has been released by scientists that shows the US regions that are most vulnerable to climate change disasters.
Two heavy atmospheric rivers raise Northern California reservoir levels
California water officials are taking steps to control rising water levels at reservoirs following two atmospheric rivers ...
Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom will order state officials to advance implementation of a state rule aiming to make homes more ...
California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say
Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some ...
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NASA Radar Imagery Reveals Expanding Landslides in Los Angeles
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has uncovered concerning new details about the ongoing landslides in the Los Angeles ...
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
Map shows rising wildfire threat across the U.S.: See if you're affected
A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.
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Trump departs White House to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California
The last time Trump was president, he visited numerous disaster zones ... Attribution found that climate change boosted the storm’s rainfall by 10%. In California, the state suffered a ...
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I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis could trigger broader financial instability
But the scale and intensity of the Southern California fires — linked in part to climate change, including record-high global temperatures in 2023 and again in 2024 — has brought a big problem ...
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California Wildfires Are A Wake-Up Call For Climate Change Adaptation
The Industrial Revolution spurred phenomenal increases in technology, wealth, and well-being, but also unleashed a process that is pushing our climate out of the Goldilocks zone that enabled the ...