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Tom Banse/NW News NetworkAccording to a new state study, dozens of elevated evacuation platforms are needed along Washington's Pacific Coast to ensure people can escape a tsunami spawned by a major earthquake on the offshore Cascadia fault zone. -
Wikimedia Commons/bit.ly/3zYY3trTens of thousands of public school students in Washington state returned to classes this month in school buildings judged to be at risk of collapse in a strong earthquake. A new report to the state legislature prepared by state geologists and a structural engineering firm gave the lowest possible seismic safety rating to more than 90 percent of the school buildings assessed in a selective statewide survey.
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When fast-moving fires spread through Washington's Okanogan and Douglas counties over Labor Day weekend, the flames threatened the town of Bridgeport,… -
Goats, Llamas, Tortoise: All Are Welcome, Some Are Stressed As Fairgrounds Become Evacuation CentersWidespread wildfires across the Northwest are causing owners to evacuate more than 2,000 pets and livestock into fairgrounds, friends’ properties and even…
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Usually, fire season starts to tamp down in September. This year has been anything but normal. In an unprecedented fire event, at least 80 fires started…
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QUICK LINKS/INFO:-Red Cross: 509-670-5331–Cold Springs Fire Information (InciWeb)–Northwest Large Fires Map–Washington DNR Fire Info (Twitter)–Washington…
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Strong winds continue to push the Palmer Fire in north-central Washington north toward the Canadian border. It’s now several miles from the border and has…
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QUICK LINKS/INFO:-Red Cross Contact: 509-670-5331–Okanogan Highlands Fire Watch–Palmer Fire Info From InciWeb-Previous Palmer Fire Coverage From…
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In the days leading up to the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption 40 years ago, Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputies tried to prevent people from getting…
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At age 6, he and his classmates fled Mount St. Helens. 40 years later this reporter recalls that dayOlympia Correspondent Austin Jenkins was a first grader on a school camping trip near Mount St. Helens when the volcano erupted on May 18, 1980. Austin…
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The number of coronavirus cases in Yakima County surpassed 600 this week. That’s the highest number of cases in eastern Washington counties.But even with…
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A resident at the Spokane Veterans Home has died after testing positive for COVID-19. It marks the first death at a state-run veterans’ home in…
