California’s most terrifying disaster may not be an earthquake, but a massive atmospheric-river flood like the one that ...

The state nearly doubled its prior proposal to fund a program that city leaders have called “the backbone of the state’s ...

The court worried about other endangered species.

When a fire broke out a few miles from his Altadena, California, home the evening of Jan 7, 2025, Matt Blea and his family needed to make a crucial decision: Should they stay home, or evacuate?

Western states and the federal government are preparing supplies and emergency repair kits ahead of what is expected to be an unusually strong El Niño weather system.

In many places, including the nation’s capital, the punishing heat has forced organizers to adjust plans for some events and ...

President Trump addressed the nation on its 250th anniversary to a scattered crowd in Washington late on Saturday, following ...

More than 100m people could be affected in week leading to 4 July, with increased risks of droughts and wildfires ...

As global air pollution policies successfully cut human-made emissions, an overlooked natural feedback loop is undermining those hard-won gains. New research reveals that extreme heatwaves trigger a ...

It might sound like science fiction, but some scientists say we have tools that could be used to disrupt natural disasters.

The continent’s record heat wave sparked wildfires in German forests, closed hundreds of British schools, and led dozens ...

A new study says climate change could make it harder to keep the air clean, with heatwaves reversing years of pollution ...