Washington has 39 counties, with distinct differences in culture and climate between the western and eastern sides of the state, which makes for very different lifestyles. According to an annual ...

There have been 4 in Benton County. In western Washington they’re even less common. Thurston County has seen 4 tornadoes since 2000, most recently in 2019. Pierce County has seen five this ...

Despite Seattle and other parts of western Washington snapping long stretches of dry weather with rain yesterday, officials are still concerned. Some wells in Whatcom County in the northwestern ...

SEATTLE — Widespread thunderstorms hit western Washington Wednesday evening. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch for King County and southward counties into Oregon expired at 9 p.m. night. Seattle ...

The House and Senate each revealed their respective capital budgets earlier this week, including funding for big projects in ...

Early-morning fog Wednesday might be to be the reason severe weather predicted for the Puget Sound and Pierce County areas was ... evening across Western Washington, along with the threat for ...

In an online briefing, the weather service said Whatcom County could see thunderstorms with lightning, wind and hail — and an outside chance of a tornado — on Wednesday.

As western Washington summers become warmer and drier, King County is working to make sure forests that are adapted to wetter and colder conditions can still thrive. “We know that climate change ...