History provides few successful examples of lava diversions. In Hawaii, authorities tend to defer to the volcano goddess Pele.
Author: Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY
Native villages fleeing climate change effects get millions in aid from Biden administration
Many Native villages in the U.S. are at risk from climate change, particularly those on the shores of lakes, rivers and oceans.
On devastated Pine Island after Ian, everyone should probably leave. They aren’t.
Hurricane Ian wiped out water and electricity to Pine Island. But residents remain – and they’re fighting for some sense of normalcy.
Hurricane Ian leaves trail of destruction on Florida’s tiny Pine Island
Residents are digging out, cleaning up — and wondering when the government will start providing relief supplies.
As Ian floodwaters rose, a rush to rescue residents – and livestock: ‘We ride in a boat, but the horses can’t’
In Venice, Florida, rescuers plucked stranded residents from their homes and herded cattle to higher ground as the Myakka River overflowed its banks.
After Hurricane Ian was gone, ‘then all the water came’: Floodwaters stun Florida’s DeSoto County
The normally placid Peace River overflowed its banks last week in DeSoto County after Hurricane Ian brought more than 20 inches of rain in mere hours.
How climate change is destroying the ‘Wild’ experience of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail
Wildfires are threatening the iconic Pacific Crest Trail, raising questions about whether hikers will be able to complete the 2,650-mile route at all.
Reporter Jeff German confronted the power players of Sin City. It may have gotten him killed.
In a city known for transience, Las Vegas journalist Jeff German was an institution who fearlessly reported from the perspective of the underdog.
When sounds of war can’t be heard: How one group is helping deaf Ukrainians survive
There’s as growing push by disaster responders to ensure the needs of people with disabilities are considered from the start.
Would you do a 102-degree freefall? This gravity-driven cliffside roller coaster packs a ‘punch’
Our reporter ends a self-imposed 30-year ban on roller coasters after a barfy childhood experience. This new Colorado coaster was worth it, he says.