Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is declaring a public health emergency for Washington after strong winds, flooding, landslides, and mudslides damaged the region.

SEATTLE — A Public Health Emergency for Washington state was declared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to address the impacts of the recent storms that caused widespread damage.

Neil Frank, a former head of the National Hurricane Center credited with working to increase the country’s readiness for major storms, has died.

Forecasters have issued a flash flood warning for parts of Southern California that are being lashed by heavy rain from a storm system that could cause mudslides and debris flows in areas scorched by ...

Heavily saturated ground increases the risk of trees falling over, which can cause damage to both underground and overhead ...

AccuWeather's Bernie Rayno has the exclusive AccuWeather snow forecast.

A High Wind Watch issued by the National Weather Service is in effect for the Puget Sound region, coast and southwest ...

There’s no Christmas snow in the forecast for the Puget Sound lowlands in Western Washington, Anna Lindeman, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Seattle, told The Olympian.

Millions of people are bracing for powerful storms on both coasts. Southern California faces a rare “high risk” for flooding ...

Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky. They ...

Two weeks of “atmospheric river” deluges took a toll on business in Leavenworth, Wash., and beyond, reminding the region that a warming planet has brought new uncertainty.