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The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren’t keeping up
After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they’d proven they could handle Mother Nature’s best punch. Then ...
Eric Swalwell says NWS staff cuts prevented ‘earlier, better warning’ of flooding
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) echoed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-CA) in blaming the NWS layoffs in February for the slow response time to the Texas floods, which killed at least 104 people as ...
Series of Earthquakes Rattles Washington State Near Volcano
Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano 45 miles southeast of Tacoma and 60 miles south-southeast of Seattle. Its last ...
Washington heat warnings: See high temperatures across the state today, July 8
The National Weather Service is forecasting parts of Washington will see potentially dangerously hot temperatures in the ...
Increasingly acidic seas threaten oyster farming
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Eighteen years ago, farmed oyster larvae began disappearing in mass die-offs, mystifying hatchery ...
Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Current and former National Weather Service officials defended the agency, pointing to urgent flash flood warnings issued in ...
Severe storms, flash flood threat target 85M+ along I-95 covering Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York
Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York City will likely see periods of heavy rain in addition to potentially damaging wind gusts beginning Tuesday afternoon as severe storms fire up over more ...
DC, Philadelphia, NYC areas brace for potential strong winds, heavy rain
The high humidity combined with a heat index over 90 degrees, will create muggy and oppressive conditions ahead of the storms.
Climate change makes deadly floods more likely — but Washington is responding with cuts
The disaster that unfolded in Kerr County, Texas shows how many communities will struggle to prepare for extreme weather as ...