Rebuilding After Devastating California Wildfires
(TNS) - California wildfires have been known to ravage through cities, burning thousands of acres and destroying properties and homes, and taking lives.Sometimes, forcing residents...
Scores of Bridges Damaged in Record Kentucky Flooding
(TNS) - For the last few days, Jennifer Myers and William Duff have used her father’s pickup truck to get to their jobs at a...
Heat Turned McKinney Fire into Deadly, Unstoppable Monster
(TNS) - It was the perfect storm of factors for a deadly wildfire, experts say — extreme heat, dense and dry vegetation, and erratic winds...
Rising Flood Risk Issue in St. Louis Is ‘Very Complicated’
(TNS) - The region's sewers, creeks and storm drains were no match for last week's record-shattering rainfall — a downpour remarkable not just for its...
Curfews Enforced in Kentucky Amid Looting, More Flooding
(TNS) - Damage assessment and search and rescue operations remain ongoing in Eastern Kentucky four days after catastrophic floods wreaked havoc on multiple counties in...
McKinney Fire Rages as Thousands Ordered to Evacuate
(TNS) - A raging wildfire near the California - Oregon border expanded its footprint to more than 50,000 acres, with thousands ordered to flee their...
King County Needs to Be Prepared for Wildfire but Isn’t
(TNS) - Western Washington is rarely associated with wildfires, but hotter, dryer summers have pushed the region to brace itself for the growing dangers of...
Water Recedes but Death Toll Rises to 16
(TNS) - The death toll from devastating flooding in Eastern Kentucky has risen to 16, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday morning.Knott County was hit hardest,...
Heat Wave Gives Washington a Lesson in Climate Adaptation
(TNS) - For better or worse, this heat wave is forcing Washington to recognize and confront the impacts of climate change.Last year’s “heat dome,” while...
Wash., Vaccine Requirement Could Reduce Firefighter Numbers
(TNS) - Washington state COVID-19 vaccine requirements could drastically reduce the number of volunteer firefighters able to respond to large fires, two local fire chiefs...