Rain is forecasted in areas where the wildfires are burning across California later this week. Communities are being warned to watch out for mudslides and floods, which are more likely after major ...

The United States incurred 73% of the losses in a tame first half of the year for worldwide weather-related disasters.

After two years of colossal wildfires, California is now a checkerboard of dangerous burn zones threatening to turn into mudflow disasters. A record 1.8 million acres have turned black this year ...

The Mosquito Fire has grown to 78 square miles (200 square kilometers), with 18% containment, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

California’s fire, rain and mudslide cycle: How to prepare and stay safe Residents in Santa Cruz County are under evacuation warnings as heavy rains threaten to cause mudslides in areas scorched ...

The fear of mudslides has residents filling sandbags on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, in Malibu, Calif., where the Woolsey Fire burned tens of thousands of acres earlier this month.

As wildfires bear down on the West Coast, many have lost their homes or had to evacuate. Those who aren’t in the direct path of the flames are breathing some of the unhealthiest air in the world.

California’s drought has also helped fuel major wildfires in recent years, and post-wildfire slopes are especially susceptible to mudslides.On Monday, concern about potential mudslides prompted ...

Last year's wildfires have had lingering effects on the region. — -- Last year's wildfires in Southern California paved the way for this week's deadly mudslides, which turned roadways into ...

The Eaton and Palisades fires are ranked as the No. 2 and No. 3 most destructive in California’s history, respectively, according to preliminary data from Cal Fire. Contra Much of the state ...

Mudslides and wildfires are what scientists call concurrent disasters, with one setting the stage for another. After the worst fire season in California’s history last year, during which five of ...