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Cal Fire has released fire hazard severity zone maps for Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino ...

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing ...

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps ... of fire hazard severity that cities across eight Southern California counties face as part of efforts to prepare for and prevent ...

California homeowners don’t seem to think much about flood risks with few insured against watery storm damage. My trusty spreadsheet examined flood insurance coverage stats compiled by ...

(Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press) The municipality has laid new floodplain maps — a 1-in-20-year map applying to areas with a five per cent chance of flooding in any given year and a 1-in- ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on Monday morning, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire ...

THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, SO WE’RE KIND OF ZOOMING IN ON THAT FOR YOU RIGHT THERE. THE MAPS PUT NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE NOW IN HAZARDOUS ZONES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CODING HERE.

However, drought maps also reported parts Southern California are in extreme drought, boosting fire risk this spring. That’s after Southern California was already devastated by wildfires in winter.

The story is about a widow and mother struggling with her grief, Ramona, who eventually manifests a specter - The Woman- in her backyard. The Woman in the Yard is directed by Jaume Collet-Serra ...