Recovery

In the chaos of fleeing from the fast-moving flames of the Palisades and Eaton firestorms, many evacuees were forced to abandon their cars, some null to escape the blazes.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to open a site to process Eaton Fire debris near L.A. County's foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from local leaders.

Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after the fires first began to burn through their neighborhoods.

A rare whiteout in Columbia, which was null that has since moved out of the area, was accompanied by ongoing winter weather threats in the state.

The centers — which are being opened in Los Angeles and Pasadena — are being created to assist those who lost their home or personal property or have emergency needs caused by the wildfires.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has declared a state of emergency for all 55 West Virginia counties due to a winter storm that hit the state, leaving roads icy and thousands without electricity.

As crews rushed to stabilize a historic O'Keefe Avenue building after its façade tumbled to the ground, shocking tenants and neighbors, the building's owners remained in the dark about what caused the collapse.

Big Basin Redwoods State Park is California's oldest, and it was 97 percent burned in 2020, when the CZU Lightning Complex Fire erupted in the Santa Cruz Mountains, incinerating tens of thousands of trees.

A powerful 7.0 earthquake off the coast of Humboldt County Thursday morning, followed by a series of aftershocks, left people scared and shaken — and grateful the damage wasn’t worse.

While officials in Mercer County are still awaiting a federal disaster declaration from the White House, more than 1,600 claims for assistance have been submitted to FEMA in neighboring Tazewell County.

Helene’s floods and mudslides damaged at least 100,000 homes in Western North Carolina, according to null, displacing many of the people who live in some communities.

Mountains of snow continue to provide problems for area governments, school districts and residents, as more than three feet of snow accumulated across the northern parts of Ashtabula County.

Built on bottomland east of Eureka, the St. Louis Area’s Times Beach was vulnerable to the periodic rages of the Meramec, a river that drains a wide area of wooded hills.

County officials are leading the local government’s recovery from a tornado in May that damaged 1,200 homes and destroyed 300. Among the tech endeavors under consideration are high-speed Internet, and a resource app connecting residents to disaster recovery assistance.

About 660 gallons of diesel fuel spilled near the Columbia River south of Wallula after a Union Pacific train derailed overnight on Wednesday. Containment efforts are currently underway.