Experts warn that Puget Sound needs to prepare for a long-term battle against the swiftly spreading virus.

Washington's rain isn't just gloomy — it's creating landslides that cut off rural communities. And as the climate warms, scientists warn they could get more frequent.

Health care workers train extensively for outbreaks. After responding to the first American case of the novel virus, they say they are even more prepared.

While Australia's catastrophic bushfires rage, local scientists are beginning to understand how smoke exposure affects mortality in the Northwest.

Jim Ellis helped the city with sewage, transportation, and water quality systems. His big, systemic thinking is a model we should follow.

A new series of maps is driving home that as things stand, some people may not have enough time to evacuate a Cascadia tsunami. 

Using machinery and prescribed burns, land managers hope to safeguard 2.7 million acres of forest from catastrophic fires like the one that destroyed Paradise in California.

The Ice Age has given way to a fire age. A historian of fire weighs in on its power and peril.

As wildfires become more common, Washington firefighters are creating support networks for their communities to deal with the mental trauma.

A visit to the site of the Norse Peak fire — the worst in Western Washington since the Yacolt Burn of 1902 — reveals both the promise and limits of human forest management.

I lived through Katrina and mourn what was lost. Now, in a land vulnerable to wildfires, I fear for my new home in the Pacific Northwest.

Behind the scenes, a squad of IT teams, meteorologists and other tech experts are helping fight fire and save lives.

Historically, wildfire has been a frequent visitor west of the Cascades.

Lake Union from the Space Needle observation deck on Monday, August 20, 2018 in Seattle. Haze from wildfires caused a decrease in air quality in the area. (Photo by Sarah Hoffman/Crosscut)

On the cusp of becoming a state, the Washington territory suffered three major fires that would change the course of history.