Mount Rainier’s road to Paradise is open seven days a week again this winter, a quiet return to full access after three years ...

The 1815 eruption produced 60 megatons of sulfur, and as a result, average global temperatures dropped by around 3°C (5.4°F).

Mount Rainier National Park will open the area seven days per week, conditions permitting, including staffing and avalanche ...

In ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, or the Hawaiian language, we might call them puahiohio, or whirlwinds. In meteorological terms, these ...

On the flanks of Washington State Mount Rainier, a spike in seismic rumbling has revived an old, unsettling question for the ...

Since 2000, specialists at the National Museum of Natural History have produced the world’s foremost report on active ...

With nonstop flights between Seattle and Manila, Pacific Northwest explorers can venture abroad whenever inspiration strikes, during any season.

Previously, the dam prevented 80% of sediment from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption from flowing past it, and into the rivers downstream of the North Fork of the Toutle ...

OK, adults, now that the kids are gone — you are teaching them to read the newspaper, right? — let’s talk about a brand-new immersive holiday show that has Santa in it. “Christmas with the Clauses,” ...

Residents packed up valuables and prepared to flee rising rivers in western Washington state on Wednesday as a new wave of heavy rain swept into a region still reeling from a storm that triggered ...

Mount Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island has resumed its on-and-off eruptions, which have been captivating residents and visitors for nearly a year. The eruption is currently contained within Hawaii ...

The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study. Mount Rainier is now 10 feet shorter than it was in the 1990s, according to a study in the ...