Satellite data and artificial intelligence, researchers have mapped two crucial forest fire risk indicators—canopy base ...

2013: Working paper series on "WaSH and community resilience" (under publication) under the Aon Benfield Hazard Research Centre, UCL, London. 2013 July: Presented on "WaSH and Community Resilience: ...

The idea that climate change is linked to geological catastrophes is not as far-fetched as it might sound, Prof McGuire, a director of the university's Benfield Hazard Research Centre, told the ...

LOS ANGELES -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of California on new state maps published Monday, as fire officials rush to keep up with the impacts of climate change on the Golden State.

Several areas of La Jolla are identified as having “very high” fire hazards in a new assessment by Cal Fire, the first new map since 2011 ... Dave Sapsis, Cal Fire research manager for the ...

Which Santa Barbara County neighborhoods are the most flammable? Last month, Cal Fire released updated fire hazard maps for Santa Barbara and the rest of the state, showing where to beware of ...

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...

THE MAPS PUT NEARLY 4 MILLION PEOPLE NOW IN HAZARDOUS ZONES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR CODING HERE. THE TERRITORY DEEMED HIGH OR VERY HIGH HAZARD GOING UP BY 168% SINCE 2011. AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE ...

Now, local agencies will review the maps and eventually adopt them. Credit: Montecito Fire Department photo Do you live in a high fire hazard zone? CalFire has released updated fire hazard maps ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Severe fire hazard zones blanket parts of Southern California on new state maps published Monday - the first release of its kind in 14 years - as fire officials rush to keep ...