FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.

The Gifford Fire, burning in Los Padres National Forest near California’s Central Coast, had grown to more than 72,000 acres ...

Telecommunications giant AT&T, which was stymied last year by state regulators in its bid to drop landline service to its ...

FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county based on its risk for disaster, its social vulnerability, and resilience in the ...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Southern California on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Society.

Telecommunications giant AT&T, stymied last year by regulators in its bid to drop land-line service to California customers, ...

The American Red Cross is struggling to keep pace with the escalating number and severity of natural disasters in the United ...

A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii, where waves set off by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Russia’s remote Far East ...

Point Reyes Lighthouse stands sentinel on the windiest, foggiest stretch of the Pacific Coast, a historic treasure that’s simultaneously accessible yet feels wonderfully remote from the hustle of ...

A brush fire broke out Monday morning in the Big Bear area and expanded to more than 300 acres hours later at the start of a warm week in Southern California. The Gold Fire in San Bernardino National ...

The judge granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead.

California is suing to reverse what it says is an unlawful termination of a grant program that’s been used to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters nationwide.