Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state. Soledad Natural ...

Fire hazard has grown in Los Angeles County over the past decade, according to new state maps. What do the maps show? The Office of the State Fire Marshal found that the land area considered to have ...

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — State officials in California have unveiled new fire hazard maps for Southern California, revealing that millions of residents, including the majority of San Diego County's ...

Dave Miller: From the Gert Boyle Studio at OPB, this is Think Out Loud. I’m Dave Miller. Two years ago, the state of Oregon released a wildfire risk map. It put about half of the state’s tax loss in ...

Juliet Grable / JPR On Monday night, dozens of property owners crowded into a room at the Jackson County Expo in Central Point, Oregon, to learn about the revised map, which will be available for ...

One of the largest earthquakes in history occurred in the New Madrid Seismic Zone on Feb. 7, 1812. The earthquake exceeded the magnitude of California's Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. Scientists ...

Some new developments in Brunswick County are looking at 20-year-old floodplain data. A newer flood risk report could bring ...