Many of the Californians displaced by the recent wildfires are bent on rebuilding even as the drought conditions of recent years have intensified the wildfire risk.

The Santa Barbara County sheriff says a weekend wildfire that destroyed 210 homes was caused accidentally by a bonfire built by a group of young adults.

A major U.S. intelligence report coming out Thursday  is adding climate change to the "traditional" mix of factors expected to destabilize the world into the near future.

Half the world's population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.

Australia's prime minister on Tuesday toured an area devastated by violent weekend storms and promised cash payments to residents left homeless.

As much as 2 feet of snow fell around parts of the Great Lakes region Monday, making driving hazardous and closing some schools.