Land along the Congaree River untouched for over a century is now being considered for a “world-class” park, but the site is prone to floods and some worry the plans will damage the riverfront.

As flood threats rise, wetlands across South Carolina could play an important role in fending off high water before it soaks ...

In Charleston county alone ... difficult to map, and can make it difficult to determine precisely how many wetland acres South Carolina actually has. The NRDC, referencing federal records ...

Laid out on a grid pattern, Charleston is an easy city to get one's bearings. The Southern end of the city is constricted by the Charleston Harbor while King Street runs the length of the city ...

Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more evacuations, according to officials. In the Carolinas, wildfires have set 14,068.9 acres ablaze, according to the South Carolina ...

More than 800,000 acres of land across these SoCal counties have been classified under the highest fire hazard severity zone level.

according to the South Carolina's Forestry Commission. North Carolina lists 111 fires that span over 8,443.2 acres, according to the North Carolina Forest Service wildfire map. On Tuesday ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - In November ... Kenni Cummings, executive director of the SC Housing Justice Network, is leading a group to Washington, D.C., to emphasize the urgent need to replace all lead ...

The fire hazard severity zone maps are like flood zone maps, and they don’t evaluate risk, said Cal Fire. These maps are intended to “drive local planning decisions, not insurance decisions." ...

2007-2011 Fire Hazard Severity Zones Once the hazard zone maps are released by the state, local jurisdictions can adopt them or amend them by increasing the hazard level for particular areas.