The agency warned that extreme heat poses a danger in the evening as well, as temperatures are expected to remain above average overnight. As of Monday morning, nearly 8 million Americans were under ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After a deadly, record-breaking heat wave blanketed the Pacific Northwest in 2021, researchers at Portland State University have found anomalies when it comes to the ...

The last weekend of June has arrived and we’ve got a nice little warming trend on the way. Summer is the slow season for PACNW meteorologists and this one hasn’t disappointed. I can only think of ...

When a hurricane passes, the wind and floodwater grab the headlines, but the days and weeks that follow can be just as lethal. Prolonged power outages strip survivors of air conditioning, ...

Tens of millions across the Midwest and Northeast sweltered under a brutal heatwave Tuesday, as actual temperatures — not just the "feels like" — soared past 100 degrees. At least one heat-related ...

SEATTLE — In one of the nation’s first wrongful-death claims seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for its role in the changing climate, a Washington state woman is suing seven oil and ...

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multiday 2021 ...

As an unusual heat dome sent temperatures in the Pacific Northwest soaring to 108 degrees Fahrenheit on June 28, 2021, Juliana Leon pulled her car over and rolled down the windows, overwhelmed by the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat waves that lead to sudden and damaging drought are spreading across the globe at an accelerating rate, highlighting how climate change-fueled extremes can build dangerously off ...