Brianna Sacks

• Environment

Nine groups sued Tuesday alleging that FEMA is improperly using billions of dollars in congressionally appropriated disaster funds to repair Puerto Rico's grid.

• Climate

As California’s historic snowfall gives way to the warmth of Spring, that snowpack will eventually melt, creating an even more historic risk for flooding in places woefully unprepared to handle it.

• Climate

After Hurricane Ian, Florida insurance companies have been aggressively seeking to limit payouts by altering the work of licensed adjusters trained to assess damaged homes, according to a Washington Post investigation. As a result, homeowners are left footing most of the bill for repairs.

• Extreme Weather

Scores of Hurricane Ian survivors are navigating the "storm after the storm," the seemingly never-ending marathon that is navigating America’s slow, complex and dysfunctional disaster response.

• Extreme Weather

The announcement of three more deaths possibly attributed to EMS delays comes amid blowback from residents about the city’s preparation for December's blizzard.

• National

A storm in Northern California killed at least two people, caused power outages and spurred evacuations. Officials fear flooding and avalanches could lie ahead.

Climate reporter Brianna Sacks reports from the Mirabel trailer park in Forestville, Calif. on Jan. 5 as residents evacuated from rising floodwaters.

• Climate

Residents of a California trailer park near the Russian River must evacuate — an exhausting, expensive move that's become routine amid atmospheric rivers.

Residents and community leaders said wealthier and Whiter suburbs appeared to be more prepared, their response better coordinated, their power returned faster.