NEWSWISE — The Hayward fault, part of the larger San Andreas fault system, runs 74 miles through the East Bay...
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Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse that killed...
A 120-year-old Hawaii dam that reached worrisome levels during heavy rains and devastating flooding, prompting thousands of residents to evacuate...
Every summer, people living near the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, keep a close eye on the water level. When...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved its first construction permit for a commercial nuclear reactor in eight years,...
Amid a worldwide resurgence of interest in nuclear energy, cracks are showing in California’s 50-year-old moratorium on the technology as...
Legislation to make wildfire risk scores more transparent passed out of the Washington state Senate on nearly unanimously. Senate Bill...
Rain and snow are expected to return to the Rockies and the Western U.S. over the next few weeks, but...
Elon Musk’s “Vegas Loop,” a network of underground tunnels to ferry passengers in Teslas, was under fresh scrutiny this week...
States in the U.S. West are grappling with an unusually warm, arid winter that is ramping up fire risk in...