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Consider the floods of the geologically distant past, echoing to this day in maps of the “500-year flood zone,” known to real estate agents and few others. Most owners, sellers and buyers of homes ...

Winter forest fires in Kashmir have severe consequences for both the ecosystem and local communities. The loss of forest ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has launched an interactive “Phase 2” debris removal map to provide residents with real-time updates during the wildfire cleanup effort in Los Angeles County.

Slow-moving slides are common around the world, and especially in California, where several hundred have been mapped in ...