Early, copious rain has enabled the Marin County Fire Department to shift its seasonal firefighting force from wildfire sentry duty to critical brush clearing projects typically reserved for winter.

Spring brought an unusual amount of rain to western Colorado, but that doesn’t eliminate the risk for fires. “Fire season gets more complicated,” said Joe Ramey, a forecaster with the National Weather ...

(TNS) - As rain and snow fell near Shingletown, in Northern California, dozens of hardy souls bundled up in warm clothing Monday morning for a field tour with fire prevention and fire management on ...

Rainstorms are expected to bring in as many as 8 inches of rain to parts of Southern California in the next few days, and people across Los Angeles County are preparing for the potentially devastating ...

Vancouver, Canada’s third-largest city, is bracing for more rain after deadly floods last week left residents of Southwest British Columbia under fuel rationing and travel restrictions. The rain could ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- While the state is already bracing for predicted record flooding, periods of both rain and snow forecasted for the next few days certainly won't help matters. Meteorologist Chris ...

Rain delayed the cleanup of a fuel spill caused by a semi that jackknifed Wednesday morning. Lincoln Fire and Rescue was called to the bypass between Interstate 80 and U.S. 77 at 6 a.m., said Deputy ...

CHAMPAIGN – Rain and a crop report that's bullish on beans had a dramatic effect Friday on commodity markets that have been powered by ethanol. Markets flipped Friday and beans took the lead, closing ...

Spring brought an unusual amount of rain to western Colorado, but that doesn’t eliminate the risk for fires. “Fire season gets more complicated,” said Joe Ramey, a forecaster with the National Weather ...