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The study also will seek recommendations on how to hold “electrical corporations accountable for improving safety and reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires.”

He told the court the victim collapsed outside her flat in Retort Close and suffered a "catastrophic injury" from the dog bite and "extensive" blood loss.

But some experts and many Altadena residents worry that the report’s lack of specificity helps officials dodge accountability and makes it more difficult to ensure that such a catastrophic failure doesn’t happen again.

A catastrophic flood could put many areas of the state underwater, threatening lives and property on an unprecedented scale, experts say.

Before he was killed by Israel, the group's previous military chief, Mohammed Deif, issued orders that the militant group should adopt a move towards guerrilla tactics and ambushes to mitigate their catastrophic losses.