Brittany Peterson

As fires burn in Los Angeles, water utilities are responding to extensive damage to pipes and storage and treatment facilities.

A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires.

Weeks after the worst of the deadly fires tore through Los Angeles suburbs, families are grappling with the reality that toxic ash from burned cars and homes could be a health issue for awhile, especially for children.

Recent fires that consumed entire Los Angeles neighborhoods underscore a stark lesson -- water utilities generally aren’t designed to respond to the large urban fires growing more common as climate change worsens.

Officials in the Western U.S. who protect the public from avalanches are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other scientists.

Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science.

A group of several dozen Indigenous youth from across the Klamath Basin recently emerged victorious after a month-long journey paddling the Klamath River.

Federal officials say Arizona, Nevada and Mexico must again live with less Colorado River water as drought lingers in the West.

America loves its green lawns. Roughly one-third of water used in U.S. homes is used outdoors, with much of that going to irrigate landscaping dominated by grass.

It’s been only a year since Hurricane Helene hammered the southeast U.S. from Florida to the Carolinas.