How the wildfires are hurting California's wine industry.
ST. HELENA, Calif.—When the winemaker Jean Hoefliger arrived at his small Napa Valley winery at 3:30 a.m. on October 9, the morning the Northern...
Bipartisan senate bill would authorize $100 million to help prevent Western wildfires.
WASHINGTON — As wildfires rage across California and the West, Democratic and Republican senators have joined forces to help rural communities better prepare for...
California Dept of Insurance estimates wildfires losses at $1.05 billion.
(Reuters) - The California Department of Insurance said on Thursday its preliminary estimate for insured wildfire losses was $1.05 billion, based on claims received...
Earth is having its second-warmest year to date, and it's not over yet.
Global temperature departures from average during Sept. 2017.
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By Andrew Freedman2017-10-19 19:13:03 UTC
Planet Earth has had its second-warmest year so far, and in...
Puerto Ricans ask: When will the lights come back on?
By DEBORAH ACOSTA and FRANCES ROBLESOctober 19, 2017CAGUAS, P.R. — Luis Rodríguez looked at the huge concrete power pole in his front yard, resting on his daughter’s Chevrolet...
In Puerto Rico, the blackout never ends.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ask Milagro Alicea what she misses most about having electricity, and she raises a hand to caress her hair,...
Analysis: Measuring public health impacts after disasters.
Two months after Hurricane Harvey submerged much of metropolitan Houston, recovery is under way across the city. Residents and volunteers are gutting and restoring...
Puerto Rico's environmental catastrophe.
ARECIBO, P.R.—“There’s no way there were just 45 deaths,” said Myrna Conty, an environmental activist whose work takes her regularly across the most remote...
Learning lessons from Northern California’s fires.
Firefighters are gaining control of the monstrous fires burning across Wine Country, evacuees are beginning to return home, there’s less smoke and soot in...
Typhoon Lan poised to become a giant super typhoon, take aim at Japan.
Satellite view of Typhoon Lan on Oct. 18, 2017.
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By Andrew Freedman2017-10-19 00:50:52 UTC
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