In an exercise that is required every five years, Luzerne County is reassessing natural and man-made threats to residents and possible ways to reduce the risks.

New Map Shows Where Landslides Are Most Likely to Occur in U.S. Sep. 11, 2024 — Landslides are a common hazard in the US. In fact, nearly 44% of the country could experience one, potentially ...

Findings show underground coal mining significantly impacts surface stability, increasing hazard frequency in mountainous ...

While the last few weeks have had Oregonians breaking out the umbrellas and bemoaning ponds in their streets, the state ...

With a heatwave, floods, and landslides all occurring in the same year, "extreme weather events" are no longer a distant ...

"There were 4,000 people living here," says Michelle Parks, a specialist in volcanic deformation and crisis management at the Icelandic Meteorological Institute (IMO). Some of these people have not ...

Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps showing wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 1,600 ...

In Oregon, the new building and so-called defensible space codes will affect only about 106,000 tax lots. Oregon homeowners ...

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements.

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic ...

M7.5 Noto earthquake discussed, the April 2 M7.4 in Taiwan (18 deaths), and the December 17 M7.3 Vanuatu earthquake (14 ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and Oregon State University (OSU) have finalized the statewide wildfire hazard maps, now available on the Oregon Explorer website. Certified mail notifications ...