June 26, 2018 Drought-stricken West braces as wildfire season flares up Wind-driven wildfires breaking out across Northern California forced thousands of residents to flee their homes throughout rural regions north of San Francisco.
June 25, 2018 The Latest: Northern California residents flee wildfires The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 9:00 a.m.
June 25, 2018 Thousands flee as flames race across dry rural California A wind-driven fire racing across dry brush in a largely rural area of Northern California has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened hundreds of others.
June 6, 2018 Sinkholes leave Florida neighborhood looking like cratered wasteland For a Florida homeowner, few things are more anxiety-inducing than the sight of a sinkhole.
June 3, 2018 The Latest: New Mexico community evacuated as fire grows The Latest on a wildfire in northern New Mexico (all times local): 11:40 p.m. State fire officials say residents of a northern New Mexico community are being told to evacuate their homes due to a raging wildfire.
May 25, 2018 Agency: Power lines touching trees caused 4 California fires State fire officials blame power lines coming into contact with trees for sparking four Northern California wildfires last October that incinerated more than 130 buildings.
May 3, 2018 Erosion unearthing bones on New York's island of the dead Storms and tides are unearthing the long-hidden bones of Hart Island, the sliver of land where New York City's destitute dead have for 150 years been sent to be buried and forgotten.
May 2, 2018 Forest Service has more cash to fight catastrophic wildfires The acting chief of the U.S. Forest Service says there's a sense of relief at the agency for the billions of additional dollars made available by lawmakers over the next decade to fight catastrophic wildfires but also a duty to spend it wisely.
April 28, 2018 Land deal will preserve site linked to Lost Colony mystery Efforts to unravel the mysterious fate of North Carolina's fabled Lost Colony could benefit after a land trust bought a coastal property where archaeologists believe at some of the colonists resettled.
April 20, 2018 Sheriff: Possible arson investigated in Oklahoma wildfire Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson in connection with one of two large wildfires burning in Oklahoma, a blaze that's resulted in the death of one person.