TOKYO — Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate Friday because of the…
Natural disasters
Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says
LOS ANGELES — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County…
Protecting against floods, or a government-mandated retreat from the shore? New Jersey rules debated
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — New Jersey officials are defending proposed building rules designed to limit damage…
New Mexico village battered by wildfires in June now digging out from another round of flooding
RUIDOSO, N.M. — A southern New Mexico village that was ravaged by wildfires in June and…
Vermont farmers take stock after losing crops to flooding two years in a row
BARNET, Vt. — Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont,…