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STORMS OF THE century, 100-year floods, a perplexing Heat Dome, wildfires turning Seattle into New Dehli — all number among the recent destructive weather events here in Washington.
Vukelich said crews are being careful on gravel and rougher streets. “A lot of those really soft streets, or streets that, you know, are unfortunately a little bit rougher than others. The areas where we see that rougher infrastructure, we want to be really, really careful in there because we can cause a lot of damage.”
A messy spell of winter weather continued to dominate Thanksgiving forecasts, with a mix of rain and snow materializing in different areas across the United States. Storms could potentially impact travel plans, particularly for people in eastern parts of ...
Looking at the weather map on his computer and seeing three simultaneous tropical storms forming across Asia in late November, climatologist Fredolin Tangang’s first thoughts drifted to the 2004 disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow.
Intense hurricanes now require that the Caribbean and Florida strengthen homes with smarter design, stronger connections and climate-ready construction practices.
The deadly storms that devastated Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in late November were "supercharged" by higher sea temperatures and made worse by rapid deforestation, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.
Our sun continues to make news headlines as we’re still in a strong solar cycle that has generated numerous solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CMEs are a large release of plasma and accompanying magnetic field from the sun’s outer layer of its atmosphere.
Many rivers and streams are running high in southwest Washington after strong storms moved through over the last two days.
Swirling underwater eddies are aggressively melting two Antarctic glaciers, a recent study found, including the one that could raise sea levels by multiple feet.