County staff also presented a proposal to let homeowners in flood zones voluntarily raise their floor elevations to mitigate future flood risks.

Lee County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday 4 to become the 40th Florida county to stop adding fluoride to drinking ...

Two local lawmakers have proposed legislation to slow people down if they're driving through flood waters in order to limit wakes in flood zones.

Lawmakers proposed SB 350 and HB 241 to allow local governments to create "no wake zones" during flood events.

AFTER AN EXPLOSION AT A MOBILE HOME PARK IN LEE COUNTY. THE HOME IN THE ORANGE HARBOR COMMUNITY. >> IS DESTROYED AND BC TWO'S ...

In this month’s wind-driven wildfires in Southern California, evacuation alerts for some neighborhoods came long after homes ...

When a rapidly growing wildfire spread to more than 5,000 acres of northern L.A. County, Sheriff Robert ... complex — all of which were in an evacuation zone by midafternoon — that would ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – The California Department of Forestry & Fire Prevention (Cal Fire) is offering the public a three-dimensional map of the Hughes Fire in northern Los Angeles County.

A fast-growing brush fire forced evacuation ... County Office of Emergency Services. No evacuations warnings or orders have been issued for Ventura County, according to vcemergency.com. A map ...

Some people who didn't evacuate are now hunkering down in their houses. The National guard and police warn that no one comes in and anyone choosing to leave won't be allowed back. Neighbors inside ...