It is an odd thing, falling in love with a house. We encounter an inanimate object, made of wood and nails and glass and pipes—no moving blood or muscles, no sparkling brain. And yet, we are drawn to ...

Wildfires in the western U.S. are larger and more frequent now than in the past. And the number of homes, businesses and other structures lost to the flames has skyrocketed. Wildland management ...

They couldn’t sleep. A hurricane was lashing their brand-new house with a torrent of wind and rain. Deborah Rodriguez and her husband were miles away, snuggled up in a hotel bed, but they could watch ...