Weather

New research out of UCLA says the Pacific Northwest's extreme heat wave last summer was an event that should have only happened once in 10,000 years and was likely hotter because of climate change.

Hurricane Ian has regained some strength after exiting Florida and taking aim at South Carolina. The National Hurricane Center said the storm spent only a few hours as a weakened tropical storm over Florida before it spun up into a Category 1 hurricane on Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean.

Fiona made landfall as a hurricane-strength post-tropical cyclone, causing widespread damage in five provinces and leaving more than 250,000 people without power.

Gov. Kate Brown on Friday requested the Legislature to direct $2 million to the town of Wallowa to help recover from an intense hailstorm that hit the region in August.

Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday after causing an island-wide power blackout and threatening to dump “historic” levels of rain.

Aspen, maple and other trees are about to turn vivid shades of gold, orange and crimson — but when? It depends on a range of factors, from drought to local temperatures.

A single strike of lightning from a small Oregon storm and the ensuing thunder shook the city of Portland on Sunday afternoon.

A power utility has issued potential shutoff notices to about 12,000 customers in six counties south and west of Portland, Oregon, because of gusty east winds Friday and Saturday contributing to extreme wildfire danger.

At least 12 Oregon cities just experienced the warmest temperatures on record for July and August.

Hot weather is expected again Wednesday and Thursday in western Oregon and Washington state.