A nearly 100 year-old dam near Leavenworth, Washington, is under heavy pressure from melting snow this week and officials are warning downstream residents to be prepared to evacuate if the dam breaks.
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Automation initiatives drive Weather Service push to focus staff in urban offices
National Weather Service will automate weather balloon launches in Alaska to concentrate staff at the agency’s urban forecast offices.
Ask a Climatologist: Traditional knowledge is critical to climate research
More and more, scientists rely on traditional ecological knowledge to study climate change.
Anchorage snowmachiner dies in glacier avalanche
An Anchorage man has died after being swept up in an avalanche Wednesday afternoon. Chad Christman, 41, was snowmachining on Blackstone Glacier, about 9 miles southwest of Whittier when the accident occurred.
Juneau’s recorded wind speed blows away Coast Guard retiree
In this Curious Juneau, John Hollis asks: What’s the highest wind speed recorded in Juneau? The answer will blow away this Coast Guard retiree.
New tsunami maps for southwest Washington coast have ‘shocking’ flooding
The worst case scenario for flooding from a tsunami along the Pacific Northwest coast just got even worse. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources with help from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration re-mapped the maximum tsunami threat from Grays Harbor down to the Columbia River mouth.