The past six months have proven to be a tale of two Californias when it comes to atmospheric river events. While Northern ...

Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday ... Fire hazard severity zone maps evaluate “hazard,” not “risk”. They are like flood zone maps, where lands are ...

The proposed law adopts FEMA’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps, which go into effect June 18. Director of Planning Lisa Nicholas explained that adopting the law is necessary to maintain Ithaca ...

Even with these additions, the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. A proposal from the agency would ...

Even with these additions, the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. A proposal from the agency would ...

Flood maps help keep people safe and play a critical role in informing emergency response plans and guiding Indigenous community and municipal development decisions. In the past five years, flood ...

Weeks after deadly fires swept through Los Angeles County, the state regulator in charge of overseeing utility companies declined a request that would have required California’s largest utilities to ...

A Flood Warning continues for waterways in central and southern Indiana. The City of Indianapolis has this floodplains map, launched in 2015, that is consistently updated to show waterways online ...

That information will be linked to sea level and aid modelers, the National Weather Service, and the Texas Water Development Board in developing more accurate flood maps and emergency response plans.

While some residents were already concerned and awaiting the flood, others were not expecting it. A little after 5 p.m. Saturday, the only water in Roland Fanning's yard was in a small corner.

In Frankfort, the Kentucky River curves throughout the capital city and has been known to flood. On Monday, the river was cresting at Frankfort Lock — approaching the record of 48 1/2 feet (14. ...