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State to test alert sirens in fire-damaged county amid flash flood risk
Source New Mexico via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoState emergency response officials are beginning weekly tests of alert sirens in Mora County to warn...
St. Lucie County issues local state of emergency and burn ban, another brushfire breaks out on...
WPBF West Palm Beach· 21 hours agoSt. Lucie County has issued a local state of emergency and burn ban on Monday. "I didn’t think that...
Peacock Fire near Kingman burns 100 acres; communities on 'ready' evacuation status
The Arizona Republic· 3 hours agoA new wildfire, known as the Peacock Fire is causing neighboring communities to be on alert for...
Wildfire burning on Yakima Training Center grounds
The Columbian· 5 hours agoYAKIMA — Firefighters from Yakima and Kittitas counties are battling a wildfire on the Yakima Training Center’s grounds.
Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
CNN via AOL· 9 hours agoWhen powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the...
Wildfires threaten unique Brazil ecosystem
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day ago(INPE). The rise is particularly worrying as the high season forwildfires is not due to start until July. Mato Grosso do Sulstate authorities declared...
Pioneer Fire near Lake Chelan at 300 acres, evacuation notice issued
The Wenatchee World· 2 days agoLAKE CHELAN — The Chelan County Sheriff's Office issued a Level 3 evacuation notice — leave now —...
How to get Florida pets ready for hurricane season
WFLA via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoTAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) – As Florida braces for what is predicted to be one of the most active hurricane seasons on record, PetSmart Charities and the...
Wildfire shuts down road, causes evacuations in Washington County
KSL Salt Lake City· 5 days agoEmergency crews are battling a wildfire in Washington County near the southern entrance to Zion...
The Soviets stifled volunteerism in Russia. Torrential flooding may be reviving it.
The Christian Science Monitor· 1 hour agoAfter a Ural River dam burst in mid-April, almost completely submerging the city of Orsk, the...