Oroville Dam Records Reveal Confusion Among Officials As Crisis Grew
Potentially catastrophic structural failures last winter at America's tallest dam left managers literally in the dark.
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Potentially catastrophic structural failures last winter at America's tallest dam left managers literally in the dark.
Bay Area firefighters and PG&E crews on Thursday were preparing to head to Florida to provide assistance once Hurricane Irma makes landfall this weekend.
Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless.
Imagine being able to accurately predict extreme weather events such as hurricanes Harvey and Irma months in advance to better prepare those in their paths.
Hurricane Irma roared into the Caribbean with record force early Wednesday, its 185-mph winds shaking homes and flooding buildings on a chain of small islands along a path toward Puerto Rico.
Hurricane Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade.
Winds are pushing wildfires burning around two crown jewels of the National Park Service toward a century-old lodge and into an ancient grove of sequoias.
State officials are asking boaters launching a vessel on any body of water this weekend to be sure their watercraft is clean, drained and dry ahead of time to prevent the spread of invasive mussels.
Thick black smoke and towering orange flames shot up Friday after two trailers of highly unstable compounds blew up at a flooded Houston-area chemical plant, the second fire there in two days.
The National Weather Service announced that Downtown San Francisco reached an all-time high of 106 degrees on Friday, as a dangerous heat wave shatters temperature records throughout the region.
Smoke from wildfires burning to the north and the east are filling the skies around the Bay Area.
Extreme heat, particularly in the East Bay, has prompted several schools to shorten their school days and cancel athletic events.
Water officials are continuing to monitor toxic blue-green algae that developed in several waterways in a residential community in South Lake Tahoe.
Scientists say they're inoculating an endangered California frog to give it a fighting chance at avoiding extinction.
The Texas community of Port Arthur found itself increasingly isolated Wednesday as Harvey's rains flooded most major roads out of the city.
