October 25, 2021
A powerful atmospheric river is hitting Northern California, bringing historic rains and causing flooding, power outages and ash and debris flows in wildfire burn scar areas.
October 25, 2021
Here’s the latest information on the wildfires burning throughout Northern California.
October 24, 2021 | Chris Hagan
Weather officials say heavy rain could also bring flooding and even ash and debris flows over burn scars in the region, including the Caldor and Dixie fires.
October 21, 2021
Gov. Newsom says he supports proposed rules on where new oil wells can go, plus additional pollution controls on existing wells.
October 20, 2021 | Manola Secaira
The declaration comes after a summer of record-high temperatures alongside plummeting water levels in reservoirs. Experts say it’s time to get prepared.
October 19, 2021
California wants to limit the water that farmers can pump from depleted aquifers. To enforce those limits, regulators are turning to remote sensing satellites.
October 19, 2021 | Chris Hagan | Ed Fletcher
While the first weather system starting Tuesday night will be weaker, storms forecast later this week are expected to pack a stronger punch, with multiple inches of rain forecast from Saturday afternoon to Tuesday in parts of the region.
October 19, 2021
Gov. Newsom expands the California drought emergency from 50 counties to statewide, but does not order mandatory water conservation. He did authorize water regulators to ban wasteful water use, such as spraying down public sidewalks.
October 11, 2021
PG&E is mired in debt. Rates are skyrocketing. Tens of thousands of survivors of fires sparked by the utility's equipment are waiting for promised compensation. Amid all this, there's one group that's simply walking away: Wall Street hedge funds.
October 10, 2021 | Chris Hagan
PG&E is starting to turn the power back on for the more than 24,000 customers who the utility cut service to Monday as high winds hit much of Northern California, but more shutoffs could be on the way.
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Northern California is seeing record rainfall. All the water will help reduce wildfire risks and could help alleviate drought conditions, but it also means a risk for debris flows and evacuations.
October 25, 2021
The U.N. meteorological agency says despite a decrease in emissions due to reduced economic activity during COVID-19, carbon dioxide and other warming gases continued to accumulate in the atmosphere.
October 25, 2021
A major climate meeting is about to get underway in Glasgow, Scotland. It's a pivotal moment in the struggle against climate change. But it's taking place in the midst of political tensions.
October 24, 2021
Flooding was reported across the San Francisco Bay Area while the National Weather Service's Sacramento office warned of "potentially historic rain."
October 24, 2021
NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Ama Francis, who works on climate displacement with the International Refugee Assistance Project, about the growing threat of climate migration.
