Rain and snow is returning to Oregon this weekend, and low elevation snow and ice will become possible next week.
A La Niña winter just started, but it isn't expected to last long. National forecasters are already looking ahead to the spring season.
As Arctic air blankets the eastern United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its latest weather outlook for the last week of January — but will Portland
Scientists are predicting that a mile-deep volcano off the U.S. West Coast will erupt this year. The Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon, is displaying behavior that indicates an eruption is imminent in 2025,
It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded in the diets and cultures of Indigenous people in the region.
California is investing $15 million to offset climate change threats to salmon and steelhead trout in river and stream habitats through watershed projects.
Forecasts indicate that an atmospheric river will bring heavy rain and snowfall to much of the Pacific Northwest starting late this week and lasting through the weekend. With persistent heavy rainfall, flash flooding could become a concern for residents across the region.
Rain and snow is returning to Oregon this weekend, and low elevation snow and ice will become possible next week.
The Great Lakes region is a major recipient of federal funding to protect and clean up the basin as well as protect its rich history.
An increase in seismic activity has prompted predictions that a mile-wide submarine volcano named the Axial Seamount will erupt near the United States West Coast by year’s end. “The eruptions are pretty big,” Bill Chadwick, a volcanologist at Oregon State University who studies the fire-spouting formation, told KOIN.
A huge volcano at the bottom of the sea near the US ’ northwestern coast is predicted to erupt this year. Named Axial Seamount, it’s more than a mile wide and stands 3,600 feet (1,100 metres) from the seafloor. One of the most active undersea volcanoes in the world, it has erupted three times over the past 30 years.
Parts of the country remain under cold weather advisories and freezing warnings today, as the NWS warns of dangerous wind chills.