Today So Far Blog Second heat wave of 2022 hits Northwest. A third is in the forecast Much of the Pacific Northwest is under a heat advisory or heat warning through Thursday night.
Today So Far Blog Prolonged heat wave kills at least three in Seattle area, sends hundreds to ER A six-day heat wave, the longest in Seattle history, has killed at least three people in King County, according to preliminary reports from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office. Another three people have drowned in the county since Thursday.
Today So Far Blog 'Always get the dog’s name!' What is Journalism Rule #1, you ask? “Always get the dog’s name” is near the top of the list.
KUOW Newsroom Hospitals brace for surge as Seattle area feels the heat Hospitals in Washington state are bracing for a surge in heat victims coming to their emergency rooms. They hope to avoid a repeat of the 2021 heat wave, which killed an estimated 400 people in the state.
Week In Review Week in Review: Wildfires, Ballot Boxes, and Amazon and Microsoft Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Insider’s Katherine Long, Puget Sound Business Journal’s Ryan Lambert and independent journalist Jane C. Hu.
KUOW Newsroom A wet, cold June doesn't mean a cooler PNW summer Washington will experience it's first heat wave this weekend. It's nearly exactly one year since the heat dome that cooked the area and recorded 108 degrees at Sea-tac airport.
Seattle Now What does a rainy, cold spring mean for wildfire season? This spring has been unseasonably cold and wet. But despite what we've been seeing, there are still parts of our state in a drought as we approach wildfire season. Reid Wolcott from the National Weather Service in Seattle is here to give us a rundown on what to expect this summer.
Hot weather could be getting in the way of good sleep, a new study finds Scientists analyzed the correlation between sleep activity and hot nighttime temperatures. A lack of sleep is a risk factor for physical and mental health problems.
KUOW Newsroom How bad is our spring weather this year? Pretty miserable, but not like 1955 ‘If you go back further in time, to the 1950s and 1960s, cold springs were much more common.’
