PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued high surf warnings for much of the West Coast and parts of Hawaii, describing the waves and rip currents expected to hit certain coastlines as potentially dangerous and life- threatening. …
About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they just walk a little faster to higher ground after roads are knocked out, a new study shows. The report published Monday in the Proceedings of …
KENNESAW, Ga., July 16, 2014 — Breckenridge Insurance Services, the wholesale commercial brokerage division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, has named Michael J. Foley as area president to head up West Coast brokerage expansion efforts. Foley brings nearly 25 years of …
Residents along the Columbia River want regulators to reject plans for what would be the Pacific Northwest’s largest crude oil train terminal – the proposed destination for at least four oil trains a day, each more than a mile long. …
Two-and-a-half years after an earthquake and tsunami devastated parts of Japan, suspected debris from the disaster continues to quietly wash ashore in Hawaii and along the West Coast of North America. Officials in Hawaii have confirmed seven items at tsunami …
Scientists say the deadly Arizona wildfire and other blazes raging across the West are becoming more common as the planet warms. While no single wildfire can be blamed solely on climate change, researchers say hotter temperatures, prolonged drought and heavy …
Nicholas Broms was trying to squeeze a better high from marijuana when his Oregon condo caught on fire. An explosion knocked out a wall, blew out his sliding glass door and torched his arms. “I just remember everything being engulfed,” …
The First Party Claims Conference (FPCC) has gone bicoastal for the second year. FPCC West, a one-day seminar that is similar in format to the two and a half day October east coast event, will take place on March 12 …
Some debris from the March tsunami in Japan has reached the West Coast. A black float about the size of a 55-gallon drum was found two weeks ago by a crew cleaning a beach a few miles east of Neah …