Climate

In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water scarcity in California and the western United States. Now, scientists have found …

UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — Massive flash floods in Nepal on Wednesday killed at least 72 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel …

Scientists have recorded the highest temperature ever measured in the world’s oceans, as climate change combines with a powerful El Niño in the tropical Pacific. The global average sea-surface temperature …

PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province turned to spiritual measures on Tuesday as huge blazes in central and western regions scorched wide areas of forests and peatland, creating a …

In the first salvo of what could become a prolonged court battle over Colorado River water, the state of Nevada has sued the Trump administration over its plan to impose …

RENO — A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave their …

ELSENBORN, Belgium — The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II that …

A rare convergence of a powerful El Niño, super king tides and sea level rise spurred by climate change could menace California with record coastal flooding this winter. Already, officials …

The National Weather Service is warning Angelenos about extreme highs later this week of 100 to 110 degrees in “all areas” five to 10 miles inland from the coast. Temperatures …

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew the roof off his …