The red-level air quality index (AQI) category—covering values from 151 to 200—means the air is unhealthy for everyone, not ...

The 2021 changes included a review of the climate zone map, increasing the number of climate zones from three to six. “Each climate zone includes regions with similar conditions with respect to ...

USDA growing zones are important for figuring out what to plant and when in your area. However, with recent changes, what you can plant may have changed, too.

Why is the danger zone growing ... limbs overhanging its roof, hazard maps only take into account the lasting facts about a place. That includes topography, climate and vegetation patterns.

The maps were created using a model that incorporates factors such as vegetation, fire history, climate data, and ground slope. “The biggest change in the model that is affecting the zones is we ...

Under the new maps, an additional 1.4 million acres statewide is now considered at high or very high risk on land for which local governments are responsible. In the footprint of the Eaton Fire that ...

An AirNow forecast for Saturday anticipates air quality that is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups in some Texas cities.

so much of the Altadena burn area still is not designated as a fire hazard zone. “These maps do not capture the true risk of our evolving climate,” said Rich Reiber, a member of the Altadena ...

With the release of its fourth and final round of color-coded hazard maps on March 24, California’s firefighting agency is showing just how much of the state is prone to wildfire — and how much that ...

San Diego County’s local jurisdictions accounted for more than 335,000 additional acres in those zones ... to draw its maps, including types of vegetation, slope, climate and fire history.

In orange “high” hazard zones within the ... hazard maps only take into account the lasting facts about a place. That includes topography, climate and vegetation patterns.