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Clearing 5 Foot Perimeter Around House Cuts Wildfire Risk in Half: IBHS
New research confirms creating an ember-resistant buffer around a home cuts its risk of igniting from a wildfire in half, according to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). ...
More Than 2.6M Homes Face Moderate to Greater Risk of Wildfires: Cotality
The once so-called "wildfire season" is now an ever-present threat, according to a new report published by global property data and analytics-driven provider Cotality. It's 2025 wildfire risk report, ...
USDA Opens 59% of Federal Forest for Logging to Manage Wildfire Risk
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins placed nearly 113 million acres of forest — amounting to 59 percent of all federally managed forests — under an emergency determination aimed at boosting ...
Fresh Fire Danger Threatens Oklahoma, 400 Homes Already Destroyed
With Oklahoma still reeling from deadly wildfires that whipped across the state and destroyed hundreds of homes in recent days, authorities warned that this week would bring a renewed risk of fire to ...
Climate Risks Threaten Trillions of Dollars in Real Estate: Study
New analysis by online real estate site Zillow highlights how climate change affects real estate across the U.S., with trillions of dollars' worth of real estate facing damage from flood, fire or ...
State of Emergency Declared for Wind-Driven Brush Fire on New York’s Long Island
Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, spewing thick gray smoke into the sky and prompting the evacuation of a ...
Homeowners Insurance: Housing Shortage Collides With Wildfire Risk
Growth was clearly a theme running through fourth-quarter 2024 conference calls, although the message coming from companies was necessarily more nuanced where growth in ...
Many Reasons Behind Certain Homes Left Standing After Wildfires
Emails and videos of burned buildings in Los Angeles next to those left standing have been flying back and forth among architects, builders and fire safety specialists around the world. For many ...