A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about the risks.

CBS News data shows 35% of homes in the Sacramento region could be at "major risk" of wildfire in the next 30 years.

In short, the United States and the entire world are safer from earthquakes thanks to 20 years of testing life-sized buildings and other large structures at UC San Diego’s large, outdoor earthquake ...

California's peak fire season tends to be summer and early fall, but most Californians know that they can happen any time of ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone looks a little different than researchers thought. Here's what that means for "The Big One." ...

Coastal communities from northern California to British Columbia live atop the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which spans about ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and ...

A new study from Virginia Tech warns that large swaths of the Pacific Northwest, including Northern California, Oregon, and ...

Parts of the Pacific Northwest in the United States are at an increased risk of massive flooding — and potentially even landslides and tsunamis — in the coming years, according to new research.

There is danger lurking on the sea floor off the Pacific Northwest’s coast: After centuries of two tectonic plates pushing up against each other, the Cascadia subduction zone that runs from Northern ...

Portland Fire & Rescue Lt. Laurent Picard walks the property of Allison Couch and Thomas Soals during a free wildfire risk ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Severe fire hazard ... maps published between 2007 and 2011. The hazardous areas, marked in an ominous bright red on Cal Fire's maps, saw the most growth in the Northern ...