PLACER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SHANTI LANDIN IS SEEING THE NEW MAPS FOR THE FIRE ZONES FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO EXPAND RISK ZONES FOR MODERATE TO VERY HIGH ...

Oregon lawmakers want to kill a wildfire risk map meant to identify areas of high risk that has become a lightning rod for anger from rural residents.

Republican lawmakers want to repeal the statewide wildfire risk assessment map, claiming it has skyrocketed insurance rates and harmed land values.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CalFire released a new map this week, expanding hazardous fire zones in Northern California. It's part of Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order after the Los Angeles fires.

In some areas, hazards have surged. Buildings in the highest hazard zones will be subject to the strictest fire-resiliency rules.

Similar protections for the Eaton Fire burn scar were ongoing, according to California’s Office of Emergency Services. Thursday’s flood risk will ... St. Louis and Washington, DC.

On Jan. 7, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) issued wildfire hazard maps covering the entire state. These maps, divide the state into three wildfire hazard classes, low, moderate, and ...

(File photo courtesy of Cal Fire) Reflecting intensifying wildfires and updated science, new state maps designate more than 2.3 million acres of local land in California as facing “high” or ...

LONDON — A fire broke out at a luxury London hotel and restaurant known as a celebrity hotspot, engulfing the historic building and forcing about 100 people to be evacuated, fire services said.