When the Federal Emergency Managment Agency's new floodplain maps went into effect last year, the total area expanded. That ...

Land along the Congaree River untouched for over a century is now being considered for a “world-class” park, but the site is ...

With less than 70 days until the start of the next hurricane season, Seminole County is starting to update its floodplain management plan for the next five years.

Joaquin Arambula, one of Fresno's state assemblymen, is trying to stop a blast mine on the San Joaquin River. Federal ...

First someone had to conceive the idea of maps, then someone had to conceive the identity of ecosystems, and then someone ...

San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commissions heard two items related to a potential data center and recommended the denial of ...

Jenniges spelled out for the council that it was FEMA that is moving the floodplain boundaries and not the city of Mitchell.

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

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.

Two months after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, Cal Fire has released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the county. The surveys use various criteria to identify ...

CalFire released its fourth and final round of color-coded fire hazard severity maps. Different colors come with different ...

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone ...