The region is unusually prone to natural disasters—and unusually unprepared for them. A heat wave struck Southern California earlier this month. Soon after, large swaths of the region began to burn.
Three area residents were killed. Climate change has rewritten the script for disasters, leaving communities vulnerable to weather patterns that don’t abide by schedules or the rules of past behavior.
"This has been a hard pill to swallow," one homeowner said. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for the Southern California city of Rancho Palos Verdes, where a ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has declared 22 Ohio counties are a primary natural disaster area due to drought, including 10 in central Ohio.