The Climate Migration Question: Rebuild or Relocate?
For all the trouble it has caused, River Caney is an unassuming creek. The rustling strip of water meanders slowly, less than a foot deep in some parts, along a…
Asheville’s Restaurants Hit Reset After Hurricane Helene
Earlier this month, Drew Wallace started paying the cooks, bussers and the rest of the 20 or so employees of his restaurant the Bull and Beggar, in Asheville, N.C., for…
Los Angeles Faces Risk of Mudslides With the Arrival of Rain
The Santa Ana winds that have fueled wildfires for weeks in Southern California finally stopped blowing on Friday, and an unusually long period of dry weather was on track to…
As L.A. Welcomes Rain Amid Fires, It Tries to Reduce Risk of Mudslides
The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it could also bring flash floods and mudslides.…
As Trump Visits North Carolina, Battered Communities Hope for More Aid
Four months after Hurricane Helene unleashed deadly flooding and landslides that killed 104 people in North Carolina communities wedged across forests and mountains, the unsettling reality of an extremely slow,…
Trump to Visit North Carolina and California, With Disaster Aid an Open Question
President Trump will take his first trip since returning to the White House on Friday to storm-ravaged North Carolina and California, which is suffering some of the most deadly and…
Five Ways Trump Made It Suddenly Harder to Face Climate Risks
President Trump’s energy agenda calls for drilling more oil and gas, something that could take years. But he took other actions this week that could more quickly affect the way…
The Next Threat to L.A.? Rainfall That Could Cause Landslides
While winds and flames continued to ravage Los Angeles, small teams began creeping onto the charred soils left in their wake. Roughly a dozen members of the California Watershed Emergency…