The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, with NOAA predicting an active year and the National Hurricane Center introducing new tools to highlight storm hazards.

What he doesn’t see is a eucalyptus grove — as indicated by an outdated map Cal Fire recently used to determine that his property was in a “very high” fire hazard severity zone.

The proposed maps are set to take effect in July. The maps classify areas into moderate, high and very high hazard severity zones. Maps that more than double the local area included in fire hazard ...

Earlier this year Cal Fire — the state’s firefighting agency — released an updated set of fire hazard maps, the first in almost 15 years. These new maps focus on cities, counties and other ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA) — The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is supporting local government units (LGUs) in northern Mindanao by providing data, hazard maps, and technical assistance to help ...

This is large part because Cal Fire updated its model to include three fire hazard severity categories in the map instead of one, which significantly expanded the acreage that fell into hazard zones.

The state wildfire hazard map may be dead but on its way out but wildfire is not. This is a section of the map in northwest Bend. (State of Oregon) Oregonians are from Mars and the state’s ...

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

New state fire maps have moved many Ross residents into a greater wildfire hazard zone. The Town Council voted unanimously on Thursday to adopt an ordinance designating the fire hazard severity zones.

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 laying out fire hazard zones across the state.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden ...