One lesson from the damage caused by the destructive typhoon that hit Japan in October last year is the need to improve hazard maps that visualize projected data for natural hazards. Hazard maps ...

The statewide maps of wildfire hazard zones and the wildland-urban interface are complete and final versions are now available on the Oregon Explorer website.

A polar vortex has triggered freeze warnings across Texas, leading to dangerous conditions for people and infrastructure.

Cal Fire's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map allows Californians to search for an address and see the location's probability of being affected by fire. The map specifically assesses fire hazard ...

CORVALLIS — The Oregon Department of Forestry today released final versions of statewide wildfire hazard and wildland-urban interface maps developed by Oregon State University scientists.

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have ...

The six standard components of the FWI System provide numerical ratings of relative wildland fire potential. The first three components are fuel moisture codes that follow daily changes in the ...

Cal Fire's Fire Hazard Severity Zone map allows Californians to search for an address and see the location's probability of being affected by fire. The map specifically assesses fire hazard, rather ...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. -- Josephine County Commissioners are hosting a town hall later this week to talk about the Oregon Department of Forestry's newly-released wildfire hazard maps. According to a ...

The capacity of a community to cope often depends on how well prepared they are. This depends on monitoring and being able to predict extreme weather. Another job of Natural Resources Wales is to ...

Oregon fire experts have finalized their redo of state maps of wildfire hazard areas, showing that about 106,000 tax lots are in high-risk spots that could be subject to new building and landscape ...