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LA fires delay California’s new fire hazard maps
The new maps will show more areas at high fire hazard than before, reflecting new science incorporating the risk of ...
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Josephine County holding town hall meeting on wildfire hazard maps
Josephine County Commissioners are hosting a town hall later this week to talk about the Oregon Department of Forestry's ...
Hendersonville to revisit building standards, floodplain ordinance and development
Hendersonville officials to look at floodplain ordinance and consider whether it needs to be strengthened in the wake of ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
‘We have to figure this out’: Rising flood risks delivers double blow to communities with housing shortages
A POLITICO analysis found roughly a quarter of all large metro areas face both housing shortages and high flood risk.
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Footage: Slush found – Norway’s dangerous slush flows get mapped
A slush flow is a mass of water-saturated snow that moves over long distances at high speed. In a series of new, free-to-use ...
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The Los Angeles County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
A CalMatters analysis has found that as of 2020, nearly 14 million Californians lived in the sprawling 7-million-acre zone that makes up the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, ...
Snow forecast as -5C Polar freeze returns and maps show heavy blizzards sweeping UK
The cold snap comes days after the Met Office issued several multi-hazard warnings of snow, ice, rain and wind for most parts ...
Slush flows can be more deadly than avalanches: How scientists are racing to stop this hidden hazard
Predicting when and where they might happen is currently very difficult leaving local communities vulnerable to this ...