Backflow prevention devices can help solve that, said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University. The devices are installed at water meters and only allow water to flow in one ...

“It’s best to keep that layer of ice if you have it built up on your turnouts on. It insulates a little bit more. It keeps ...

Last month’s wildfires in California destroyed thousands of homes, killed at least 29 people and will likely cost hundreds of ...

With extreme weather, firefighters still have to work in the cold temperatures. “We have lots of problems,” said Stillman ...

Tasmania has been burning for more than two weeks, with no end in sight. Almost 100,000 hectares of bushland in the northwest has burned to date ...

We've already seen some severe weather this year, and this weekend you can get ahead of the game for future issues.

What can we learn from the bushfires in Tasmania? Beware of climate change, especially the unpredictable nature of blazes ...

As Los Angeles faced unprecedented fires razing entire neighborhoods in late January, Latin America was not spared either. In ...

A bill to reconstruct the Custer West Dam would appropriate $1.5 million if funding for the state prison doesn't get approved ...

After an apparent drone strike blew a hole in the protective shell, there is an urgent need to patch what covers the wreckage ...

Soon after catastrophic fires swept through Pacific Palisades and Altadena, wildfire experts Stephen Pyne and Jack Cohen were ...

Despite the recent rain, the Kentucky Department of Forestery is warning property owners to prepare for wildfires. The ...