Difficult and dangerous wildfires can and do occur across a wide variety of fuel types, all over the globe. But many of the ...

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced that the deadline for livestock producers to apply for assistance through the Emergency Livestock Relief Program for 2023 and 2024 Flood and ...

The federal loans - called Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) - are available for small businesses, small nonprofits, ...

Disasters such as wildfires are becoming increasingly frequent occurrences, leaving homeowners scrambling for ways to proactively protect themselves and recover financially. Traditional insurance ...

Smoke rises from the Vista fire as seen from a flight into Los Angeles International Airport, on July 9, 2024, over Los Angeles. automation State leaders are warning of a "hotter, smokier future" in ...

Following the deadly 2016 Chimney Tops wildfire, local leaders implemented new systems to warn residents of future disasters. A federal survey found 84% of residents received no official warning ...

A crew from City of Palo Alto utilities works on undergrounding power lines in the foothills on Aug. 19. Photo courtesy Jordan Cowman/city of Palo Alto For Palo Alto Fire Chief Geo Blackshire, the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin and Travis County have issued disaster declarations due to the region’s heightened wildfire risk. This follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s Oct. 10 renewal of the statewide disaster ...

Wildfire disasters worldwide are growing notably in frequency and cost, according to a new study, with nearly half of the most damaging events over the last 44 years occurring in just the past decade, ...

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Travis County and the City of Austin have been placed under preemptive disaster declarations due to high wildfire risks, local officials announced on Monday morning. During a joint press conference, ...

Indigenous leader Tomas Candia hopes the light rains that began this week over parts of Bolivia's Amazon rainforest will spread and help extinguish dozens of wildfires raging across the nature-rich ...