June 27, 2018 State: Controlled burn sparked fire that destroyed 36 homes John Matthew Polous watched a "controlled-burn" fire for three days as it consumed foliage outside his tiny community on the Florida Panhandle.
June 26, 2018 California wildfire grows, 1,500 under evacuation orders Fire officials say a blaze in Northern California that drove more than 1,000 people to flee their homes grew overnight and was heading toward a sparsely populated area.
June 26, 2018 Drought-stricken West braces as wildfire season flares up Wind-driven wildfires breaking out across Northern California forced thousands of residents to flee their homes throughout rural regions north of San Francisco.
June 25, 2018 The Latest: Northern California residents flee wildfires The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 9:00 a.m.
June 25, 2018 Thousands flee as flames race across dry rural California A wind-driven fire racing across dry brush in a largely rural area of Northern California has destroyed 12 buildings and threatened hundreds of others.
June 6, 2018 Sinkholes leave Florida neighborhood looking like cratered wasteland For a Florida homeowner, few things are more anxiety-inducing than the sight of a sinkhole.
June 3, 2018 The Latest: New Mexico community evacuated as fire grows The Latest on a wildfire in northern New Mexico (all times local): 11:40 p.m. State fire officials say residents of a northern New Mexico community are being told to evacuate their homes due to a raging wildfire.
May 25, 2018 Agency: Power lines touching trees caused 4 California fires State fire officials blame power lines coming into contact with trees for sparking four Northern California wildfires last October that incinerated more than 130 buildings.
May 3, 2018 Erosion unearthing bones on New York's island of the dead Storms and tides are unearthing the long-hidden bones of Hart Island, the sliver of land where New York City's destitute dead have for 150 years been sent to be buried and forgotten.
May 2, 2018 Forest Service has more cash to fight catastrophic wildfires The acting chief of the U.S. Forest Service says there's a sense of relief at the agency for the billions of additional dollars made available by lawmakers over the next decade to fight catastrophic wildfires but also a duty to spend it wisely.
