Jul 28 Ongoing heat wave in the Pacific Northwest could break records By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America, Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Authorities are expanding capacity at some cooling centers as temperatures near triple digits are forecast to extend into the weekend. Continue reading
Jul 26 Weeklong heat wave scorches Pacific Northwest By Claire Rush, Associated Press/Report for America The temperatures in Portland, Oregon, could top 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday amid the hottest stretch of a weeklong heat wave in the Pacific Northwest region that rarely experiences such scorching weather. Continue reading
Nov 17 Watch 2:29 Heavy rains flood and isolate parts of U.S. Pacific Northwest, Canada By John Yang, Harry Zahn Parts of the U.S. Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada, are still reeling tonight from record rain that touched off flooding and mudslides. John Yang reports. Continue watching
Aug 12 Northwest sizzles as heat wave hits many parts of U.S. By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press People have headed to cooling centers as the Pacific Northwest began sweltering under another major, multiday heat wave. Continue reading
Aug 11 Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press People in the Pacific Northwest braced for another major, multiday heat wave starting Wednesday, just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people. Continue reading
Jul 01 Hundreds believed dead in Pacific Northwest heat wave despite efforts to help By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press As forecasters warned of record-breaking temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people likely died. Continue reading
Jun 30 Over 100 deaths may be tied to historic Northwest heat wave By Jim Morris, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press Health officials say more than 60 deaths in Oregon have been linked to the historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest as dozens of others in Canada, Washington state and elsewhere are investigated for ties to the hot weather. Continue reading
Jun 26 Pacific Northwest swelters in historic heat wave By Sara Cline, Associated Press The heat was expected to break all-time records in cities and towns from eastern Washington state to Portland to southern Oregon, with temperatures in many areas expected to top out up to 30 degrees above normal. It’s a dangerous forecast… Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 7:10 How climate change ‘exacerbates’ wildfires in the American West As large parts of California and the Pacific Northwest are beset by wildfires, the issue of climate change has taken on prominence in the national political conversation. Scientists increasingly point to rising temperatures and extreme dryness as exacerbating wildfires, but… Continue watching
Sep 09 ‘Unprecedented’ Pacific Northwest fires burn hundreds of homes By Gillian Flaccus, Sara Cline, Associated Press Firefighters in the Pacific Northwest are scrambling to keep up with multiple catastrophic fires in the region that have forced people to flee their homes and trapped firefighters and civilians. Continue reading