If you drive north on Lutak Road in Haines, you’ll see snow-covered peaks towering over the ocean below. If you look closer, ...

A full house of worried Deschutes County residents showed up Wednesday as county commissioners discussed the state’s recently ...

A colossal volcano in Alaska is likely to erupt soon, scientists warn. Mount Spurr, an 11,000-foot-tall volcano on the Cook Inlet about 75 miles from Anchorage, has a 50-50 chance of spewing out hot ...

“Most precipitation will fall in the Far West, Southwest, Rockies, and eastern U.S., especially Tennessee and surrounding ...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected beneath Mount Spurr in the past week, increasing the odds of an eruption at the ...

The Bering Air flight from Unalakleet to Nome failed to land as scheduled at 4pm on Thursday - a desperate search is now ...

Oregonians who live in the state’s highest-risk wildfire zones will be subject to stricter building codes and requirements under a new hazard map released Tuesday by state fire officials.

For example, about 58% of St. George, Utah’s 180,000 residents live in a “very high” wildfire risk area. Beyond metropolitan areas, FEMA maps show high-risk places in states not typically ...

A combination of hotter and drier weather and more people living in places that naturally burn are making things complicated.

More evacuations were ordered as another wildfire broke out in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday. View the map below to see evacuation zones and the fire perimeter of the Hughes Fire.

Rachel Dobkin is a Newsweek reporter based in New York. Her focus is reporting on politics. Rachel joined Newsweek in October 2023. She is a graduate of The State University of New York at Oneonta.