In A Nutshell A major study of 42 years of data shows severe winter storms have shifted northwest, away from the traditional ...

A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.

NOAA map of rainfall predicted for the U.S. northwest on Friday, December 1. Widespread heavy rain and mountain snow are forecast to hit the Pacific northwest states of Oregon and Washington, as ...

Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the Pacific Northwest coast. Along this fraught stretch, called ...

Hundreds of miles of Pacific Northwest coast from northern California to Vancouver, Canada, could fall straight into the sea if another major earthquake strikes the region, an alarming new study ...

The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Real-Time Earthquake Map, which is updated every 15 minutes, shows how commonplace such small quakes are in the region. Another 4.0 quake rumbled about 132 miles west ...

SEATTLE — Have you ever wondered why hurricanes are rare along the West Coast and don't hit the Pacific Northwest? Here's why: First, it's just plain colder.Water temperatures play the main role ...

About half of the water near the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest coast experienced low-oxygen conditions in 2021, threatening the food web, says a new study. PNW coast suffers from low oxygen ...