Marianna Lands was living her dream on a 31-acre farm in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains until the ferocious flames of the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire came knocking at her door more than three years ...

Smoke rises from the Vista fire as seen from a flight into Los Angeles International Airport, on July 9, 2024, over Los Angeles. automation State leaders are warning of a "hotter, smokier future" in ...

Federal Emergency Management Agency officials said this morning that they have authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of Hawaii combat the Holomua Fire on Maui, which led to emergency ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After growing to nearly 22,000 acres over the weekend, the Flat Fire continues to burn in Jefferson and Deschutes counties on Monday. The Federal Emergency Management Agency ...

OKLAHOMA, — Tuesday is the final day Oklahoma residents who were affected by the March wildfires and straight-line winds can apply for FEMA assistance. FEMA said homeowners and renters in Cleveland, ...

Gov. Jared Polis verbally declared a disaster emergency Sunday for a wildfire burning in northwest Colorado. The Elk Fire began around 12:30 p.m. Saturday in Rio Blanco County. Early Sunday, the fire ...

Three people have been charged with stealing more than $40,000 in federal disaster relief by falsely claiming they were victims of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires earlier this year, the Los Angeles ...

Acres of charred trees jut out from freshly fallen snow in the burn scar of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, pictured in February 2023 near Rociada. FEMA, which is tasked with compensating wildfire ...

Two Los Angeles-area men and a woman from Louisiana have been charged with fraud after they allegedly received more than $40,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the LA ...

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As new wildfires force tens of thousands of people out of their homes, reports are emerging of flaws in emergency alert systems throughout the west. "Where I think the false sense of security was, if ...