natural disaster

The fire raging through the Santa Monica Mountains was headed to the ocean

Some of the world's deadliest — and costliest — quakes were in Asia. Here's a look back at eight of them

"Wallace Stegner once observed that California was like the rest of the country, only more so. That has proved true for its fires as well"

Former FEMA leader Michael Brown says some in Puerto Rico "haven't learned" the lessons of Katrina

Most of California is built to burn: it has fires to match its mountains

"It takes a crisis of major proportions like the one we’re facing now for the federal authorities to pay attention," says one expert