Colleen Hagerty

1 month ago | sierraclub.org | Colleen Hagerty

As wildfires burned across Los Angeles in early January, nearly 200,000 people were put under evacuation orders. In the weeks since, these residents have slowly started returning, some to properties that were lost to the fires and others to structures that seemed to be untouched but where less visible threats lurk. That includes potential contaminants coursing through the water pipes beneath their feet, which can incur fire damage that takes days, if not weeks, to address.

1 month ago | rollingstone.com | Colleen Hagerty

February 24, 2025 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue work with LA County Fire Fighters in Altadena in January.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Colleen Hagerty

After Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, Francesca got to work. As an employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she was deployed to the state for a month to coordinate aid for impacted residents, which included feeding families and sharing information at community events. From the start, her work was more challenging than usual.

Jan 24, 2025 | heatmap.news | Colleen Hagerty

Two weeks after two of California’s most destructive wildfires on record sparked on the same day in Los Angeles, tens of thousands of displaced residents are taking the first steps of their recovery processes. Officials have started lifting evacuation orders for both the Eaton and Palisades fires, allowing families to return to their properties for the first time.

Jan 22, 2025 | nationalgeographic.com | Colleen Hagerty

The Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles have secured spots in the top three most destructive wildfires on record in California, each destroying thousands of structures since they sparked on January 7. Images from Altadena and Pacific Palisades, the two hardest-hit neighborhoods, show entire blocks reduced to rubble, piles of gray ash where familiar community landmarks like homes, businesses, and schools stood before.