Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed using science-based and field-tested models that assign a hazard score based on factors like fire likelihood and fire behavior,

Cal Fire released updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for the state's counties today, using various criteria to identify wildfire hazard areas and ranking them on a three-tiered scale. The maps, generally updated every decade,