AI may improve natural disaster prediction through faster data analysis, early warning systems, and machine learning support.

If you suffered a wildfire loss, you probably have a long and difficult road ahead of you, with numerous issues to address, financial and otherwise. They may include where you will live, what you can ...

A new artificial intelligence method enables satellites to detect disaster-affected areas directly in orbit. The approach combines change detection and anomaly detection techniques to identify floods, ...

Many wildfires are started by everyday actions and small mistakes rather than large-scale disasters. A lost hunter's signal fire, meant for rescue, grew into one of California's largest wildfires.

Section 1. Purpose. One year ago, the California State and Los Angeles city and county governments failed to contain wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles and consumed nearly 40,000 acres of homes and ...

Climate disasters have become increasingly commonplace and increasingly destructive. The worst year was 2017 where a combination of devastating hurricane and wildfires resulted in $300 billion in ...

Colorado won’t receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with recovery efforts after the fifth largest wildfire in the state’s history burned in Rio Blanco County last ...

Placerville, Calif., bears all the markers of a community at risk of a wildfire. The city's rolling hillsides are dense with brush, which dries out during the hot summers. Older homes made of wood, ...