Rain will ease Wednesday across the Pacific Northwest after floods and winds left at least 600,000 without power, forced ...

Beyond dam breaches near Seattle, the barrage of atmospheric rivers in recent days has increased the threat of flooding and ...

"The flooding levels we're looking at are potentially historic in nature," Gov. Bob Ferguson said Thursday afternoon, urging ...

Rescue personnel evacuate Miguel Martinez and his sister, Epifani Martinez, who were stranded in their home in an area ...

The Pacific Northwest is ripe for a major earthquake — and shaking and tsunamis wouldn’t be the only threats from such an event, according to new research. Coastal land would also sink nearly seven ...

On a promontory above Puget Sound, a Douglas fir with arms bent at right angles stands above a quiet cove, where shellfish would have been gathered, long before this place was settled by newcomers.

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. SEATTLE, Aug. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a time when books compete with screens for kids' attention, a new poll ...

A 2025 study suggests that when the next "Big One" hits, coastal land could sink by up to 6 feet. That sudden drop could instantly double the number of people, homes, and roads exposed to flooding.

At left: Microsoft’s Majorana quantum chip. At right: Xplore’s Xcraft satellite. (Credits: Microsoft / Xplore) BELLEVUE, Wash. — Quantum physics and outer space may seem as different as two tech ...

As the song went from Disney’s Little Mermaid movie, it was Hot, Hot, Hot! Look out for similar temperatures on June 25 through 28. It has been four years this week since the historic ‘heat dome’ ...

The U.S. Forest Service is going back to the drawing board with an update to the Northwest Forest Plan, a set of policies that broadly dictates where logging can occur on 25 million acres of forests ...

Severe weather could knock Oregon and Washington with winds over 60 miles per hour and hail larger than golf balls. Some Moderate High By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather team.