As of Tuesday, the brush fire that ignited Friday afternoon is five percent contained, according to officials.

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Massachusetts launched a statewide initiative Monday to ensure assisted living residences across the state are safe and in ...

The extreme costs and death toll of recent floodings across Texas, New Mexico, and the Northeast have put into question the ...

An oceanographer explains how climate change, warming oceans and a souped-up atmosphere are creating conditions for deadly floods.

The Chance Harbour Fire, which destroyed many cabins in Puddin Cove and surrounding areas, continues to blaze out-of-control and as of Sunday morning, had spread to 1,660 hectares. It grew in size on ...

In traditional architecture, exit maps during emergencies are static, wall-mounted or printed, carefully laid out to lead the occupants to safety. These charts presume that doors remain static, ...

They joined protesters in urging Miami-Dade County officials to immediately evacuate and close the facility.

The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a ...

TxDOT has implemented improvements to its evacuation strategy since Hurricane Rita hit Southeast Texas 20 years ago.

A town trustee says it’s been 15 years since Nederland started discussing a fire evacuation route critical to one of its communities.

Burdoin Fire on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge consumes has grown to an estimated 10,730 acres, destroying ...