Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

A woman who suffered horrific burns in the Omagh bombing has told how she was given only a 20% chance of survival and was administered the last rites four times in hospital following the explosion.

Rain on burned hillslopes can trigger dangerous floods and debris flows. Those debris flows can move with the speed of a ...

Court rules in favour of a 13-year-old boy, increasing his damages from R350 000 to R1 million due to the psychological ...

Publisher Compile Heart and developer Neilo have announced third-person shooter Scar-Lead Salvation for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC. it will launch on May 29 in Japan for 8,580 yen.

A more active pattern this week. Rain chances will be increasing by Wednesday. Also, keeping an eye on our risk for strong t-storms around Wednesday evening. Click and watch the forecast video for ...

How debris flows begin When severe fires burn hillslopes, the high heat from the fires ... The amount of moisture the atmosphere can hold increases by about 7% per degree Celsius of warming, leading ...

Recent wildfires have left Southern California with "burn scars," making the region vulnerable to mudslides. Much of the Los Angeles vegetation that holds the topsoil in place has recently been ...

Rain has finally returned to wildfire-scorched Los Angeles — but now officials are warning flooding and landslides could wreak more chaos on the battered city along its “burn scars.” ...

Mandatory evacuations were issued Wednesday in the Castaic area due to the fast-spreading Hughes Fire. CAL FIRE's map shows the evacuation zones.

Areas scorched by wildfires are called burn scars--charred earth that is suddenly devoid of healthy, living plants, and these two ingredients can set the stage for a flooding disaster when heavy rain ...