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Map shows where 3 states warned about floods in the desert
The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch for desert areas in southern California, southern Nevada, and ...
Flood advisory in place for Northern California Wednesday afternoon, says the NWS
A flood advisory was released by the NWS Hanford CA on Wednesday at 1:52 p.m. in effect until 2:45 p.m. The advisory is for ...
Thunderstorms strike San Gabriel Valley and flash flood warning for parts of Inland Empire
Summer thunderstorms have arrived in the Southern California mountains and have the potential to affect Tuesday evening's ...
Severe thunderstorms threaten parts of the U.S. with flooding, tornadoes
The worst conditions were expected across the southern Plains and Gulf Coast regions, including Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and ...
NASA satellite records unprecedented river waves in the United States
NASA’s SWOT satellite has measured large river waves for the first time, which were found to be caused by extreme rainfall ...
SWOT satellite spots large-scale river waves for first time
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...
Orange County Register1mon
Here’s how many acres most of Southern California’s cities changed on Cal Fire’s risk map
Cal Fire released new fire hazard severity maps for Southern California on Monday ... They are like flood zone maps, where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a particular ...
Victorville Daily Press2mon
Cal Fire hazard severity maps spotlight High Desert, including Hesperia, Summit Valley
Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps that categorize areas in Southern California as moderate ... The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate ...
The Desert Sun2mon
Cal Fire releases Southern California fire maps showing which areas are under a higher threat
The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps ... the level of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for ...
The Salinas Californian2mon
Monterey area among California coastal region facing heightened tsunami danger: study
The maps, updated with new data and modeling ... and reaches as far as Highway 1 in parts of Moss Beach. In Southern California, a large tsunami could flood parts of Marina del Rey, Long ...
Mercury News3mon
Do Californians need flood insurance? Few homeowners have it
California homeowners don’t seem to think much about flood risks with few insured against watery storm damage. My trusty spreadsheet examined flood insurance coverage stats compiled by ...
NBC Los Angeles3mon
Map: Parts of Southern California remain in extreme drought at end of February
Despite being just 20 days away from spring, drought conditions, while improved from January, are still in effect for most of Southern and Central California ... flash flood warnings and mudslides ...