Nantucket activists have asked the EPA to withdraw key air permits it issued for two New England offshore wind farms. The ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.

Also see: Altadena fire zones grow under new state maps, but officials say won’t ... Jan. 27, 2025. The wind-whipped fire destroyed at least 23,448 acres and destroyed thousands of structures.

Dry conditions, wind and trees downed by Hurricane Helene fueled wildfires in North Carolina and South Carolina, where evacuation orders were in effect Tuesday. Many people in the area are still ...

Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. The fire hazard severity zone maps are like ...

However, the new fire hazard zones appear to leave out at least half of the neighborhoods demolished in the Jan. 7 Eaton fire. The maps, compiled by the state Forestry and Fire Protection ...

and wind patterns. Cal Fire explains these maps function similarly to flood zone maps, "where lands are described in terms of the probability level of a particular area being inundated by ...

California's wildfire hazard zones ... a known wind tunnel is more likely to skew yellow, orange and red, no matter the composition of its sidings. “The reason we map these areas is to tie ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- For the first time in 14 years, California's fire hazard severity zones maps have been updated by the state fire marshal. Based on fire history and conditions of ...