A pair of storms pummeling the Pacific Northwest threaten flooding, avalanches and 'sting jets' – intense and destructive low-level winds.

President Donald Trump has fired more than 3,400 employees at the U.S. Forest Service, raising questions about the capacity of the federal agency to coordinate firefighting efforts this summer.

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Wind Advisory for parts of western Washington stretching from the Oregon border to north of Bellingham as a powerful storm reached the coast and started to move inland Monday morning.

A series of Pacific weather systems delivered 2-4 inches of rain across the coast and much of Western's interior this weekend.

A weather alert has been issued due to rapid snowmelt and heavy rain in the Pacific Northwest, leading to flooding concerns.

National Weather Service forecasts suggest that through the weekend, about 1 to 3 inches of rain will fall around the coast, including around 2 inches for Seattle.

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake southwest of Maple Valley shook Western Washington early Saturday, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The shallow earthquake started around 3:45 a.m. Parts of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia felt the weak rumblings, PNSN data showed.

The number of data centers around the Pacific Northwest has exploded in recent decades, growing from less than two dozen in 2008 to more than 200 across Oregon and Washington today.

Amid a surge of federal firings nationwide, 362 federal workers have applied for unemployment in Washington state between Jan. 20, when President Trump took office, and Tuesday, according to a report released on Friday by Washington’s Employment Security Department.

Columbia River spring Chinook salmon season dates and regulations announced by Washington and Oregon fishery managers.

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake southwest of Maple Valley shook western Washington early Saturday, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. The shallow earthquake started around 3:45 a.m. Parts of Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia felt the weak rumblings, PNSN data showed.

Coastal zones of Washington and northern Oregon have ... The atmospheric river pointed at the Pacific Northwest — a fire hose of moisture from the tropics — will probably extend more than ...