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The Northwest is bracing for a strong storm system that began moving onshore early Wednesday, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and mountain snow. Over 7 million people are under threat from what ...
From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees ...
New threat emerges as atmospheric river combines with once-in-a-decade bomb cyclone on the West Coast Mary Gilbert, Karina Tsui and Robert Shackelford, CNN November 20, 2024 at 7:05 PM
A fallen tree sits atop a fire department vehicle after a powerful storm hit the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, causing power outages in Washington, Oregon, California and British Columbia ...
The Cascadia subduction zone is a 960 km (600 mi) fault at a convergent plate boundary, about 100–200 km (70–100 mi) off the Pacific coast, that stretches from northern Vancouver Island in Canada to Northern California in the United States
The largest storm events have struck the Pacific Northwest every 15 to 30 years according to modern records. Among the strongest were the 1962 Columbus Day storm , which formed from the remnants of Typhoon Frieda/Freda and killed 50 people; the 1993 Inauguration Day windstorm, which killed 6 people; and the 2006 Hanukkah Eve windstorm , which ...
The Cascade Volcanoes are an active volcanic region along the western side of the Pacific Northwest. The Columbia Plateau is a region of subdued geography that is inland of the Cascade Volcanoes, and the North Cascades are a mountainous region in the northwest corner of the United States, extending into British Columbia.
In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that that took a heavy toll on trees as well as people. In summer of 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a ...