LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

Oregonians are from Mars and the state’s wildfire hazard map was from Venus. There was an all-too-obvious difference between what Oregonians believed about the state’s hazard map and what policymakers ...

Cal Fire has released a long-awaited set of updated maps outlining the fire hazard severity zones in Marin County and elsewhere in the Bay Area. Marin fire officials say the maps, while mostly showing ...

Long overdue changes to governmental fire maps showing the threat of fire in communities across the state are expected to trigger stricter building codes and other requirements aimed at reducing ...

North Carolina's hazard mapping program is trying to better predict which landslide-prone places face threats in future ...

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 ...

Each weekday morning, FEMA releases a map showing weather hazards around the country. It’s starting to get a little out of hand. By Christopher Flavelle No single image could fully capture the ...

Residents packed the Anne G. Basker Auditorium Monday in Grants Pass to hear county commissioners from across Oregon voice concerns over the state’s proposed wildfire hazard map. The largely virtual ...

Long overdue changes to governmental fire maps showing the threat of fire in communities across the state are expected to trigger stricter building codes and other requirements aimed at reducing ...

SAN DIEGO — Long overdue changes to governmental fire maps showing the threat of fire in communities across the state are expected to trigger stricter building codes and other requirements aimed at ...