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Fire spread scientists with the Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) are collecting data in the Marshall Fire burn area to find out how the fire spread.

SUPERIOR– Too many houses built too close together on the tinder-dry high plains between Denver and Boulder led to the record Marshall firestorm losses topping $1 billion, insurance industry researchers found this week as they sifted through ashes and charred ruins. Another problem was proximity to native vegetation— grasslands where record high...

At WFAE, we expanded our climate coverage in 2021. That meant launching a new climate newsletter and taking a more focused approach to reporting on this all-important topic. From sea-level rise on the South Carolina coast to the lingering effects of a gas spill in Huntersville to debate over a lithium mine west of Charlotte, these are some of the most important climate and environment stories we told this year.

Is there anything more precious than our natural resources and the world around us? This year, we expanded our reporting on energy, the environment and

The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department announced Wednesday the names and preliminary autopsy results for three residents who died in Wyandotte Towers earlier this week.

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Flooding can happen to anyone.

Major changes in the National Flood Insurance Program take effect on Friday. A new method of gauging risk is supposed to make rates more equitable, reduce big subsidies and incorporate new risks from climate change. Rates could rise sharply for Carolinas' coastal property owners, while policyholders elsewhere will actually see bills go down.

Major changes in the National Flood Insurance Program take effect on Friday. A new method of gauging risk is supposed to make rates more equitable, reduce big subsidies and incorporate new risks from climate change. Rates could rise sharply for Carolinas' coastal property owners, while policyholders elsewhere will actually see bills go down.

Climate change will bring more deadly waves of water to the United States. Here’s what the country needs to do to be prepared.