Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The setting sun is obscured by burned trees and a pall of smoke from 2021's Dixie fire, which became the first to burn from one ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Community members and leaders are remembering the nearly 100 Oregonians who died during 2021's historic heat dome weather event. City, county and faith leaders from around the ...

People float the Deschutes River through Bend, Ore., in the shadow of Mount Bachelor in this June 25, 2021 file photo. The National Weather Service recently confirmed that the 119 degree heat reached ...

A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy. Using satellite imagery, researchers have ...

In June 2021, British Columbia experienced an extreme climate event. A heat dome trapped hot air over the province, pushing temperatures to record highs for several days, killing more than 600 people.

As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered — and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, ...

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multi-day 2021 ...

Using satellite imagery, researchers have discovered that nearly 5% of Oregon and Washington’s western forest canopy — about the size of Rhode Island — was scorched and damaged in the multiday 2021 ...

A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy Using satellite imagery, researchers have ...

A mixed stand of Douglas-fir and western hemlock scorched near Seaside, Oregon following the 2021 heat dome. (Photo by Gabriela Ritokova/Oregon State University) Using satellite imagery, researchers ...