Even a small amount of water inside a home can cause costly damage. Here’s how to assess your flood risk and what to do if you’re in the danger zone.

The FEMA Flood Map Service Center offers an interactive map that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter their address and see if they live in a designated flood zone. The tool can also be used to explore other areas, making it helpful for those planning a move, managing a rental property or checking on family or friends in another region.

The Fire Hazard Severity Zones are determined by the state fire marshal based on an area’s physical characteristics like slope, vegetation, winds and weather. Los Gatos and Saratoga, along with Los Altos Hills, are some of the most ember-vulnerable communities in the South Bay, according to previous reporting by this news organization.

Cal Fire will begin rolling out new fire-hazard severity maps, which are expected to more than double the land in jurisdictions where the state will apply stricter fire-safety building requirements.

In response to public feedback, the landslide hazard maps are now more generic in the draft — without severity ratings.

Morgan Hill lost area considered very high hazard — the acreage dropped to 638 in current maps from 1,506 in 2011 — but has 1,493 acres deemed high hazard, and 950 moderate. In the East Bay ...

Cal Fire’s hazard maps are referenced in over 50 sections of the California Codes, the laws passed by the state Legislature, and dozens of sections in the California Code of Regulations, ...

Oregon’s 2025 wildfire season hit us with a devastating start. My heart breaks for the 56 families who lost everything when the Rowena Fire burned their homes. I sympathize with the disruption in the lives of 4,

The San Luis Obispo City Council adopted updated Fire Hazard Severity Zones. This update identifies more areas in San Luis Obispo categorized as very high, high, and moderate Fire Hazard Zones.