PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s no stranger to summer temperatures, but the heat dome that grew over the Pacific Northwest in June of 2021 quickly became deadly. Triple-digit heat kept a tight grip ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Time for a flashback: This time last year, we were in the middle of our heat dome at this time. We had already set our first all-time record for Portland and many other ...

In March, a month traditionally known for heavy mountain snows and dreary lower-elevation weather, a heat wave settled across ...

From June 25 to July 2, 2021, the Pacific Northwest experienced a record-breaking heat wave that sent the normally temperate region into Death Valley-like extremes that took a heavy toll on trees as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Last summer’s deadly heat wave was unlike anything most Oregonians have ever experienced. Three consecutive days of record-breaking heat, which topped out at 116 degrees, resulted in ...

ValuePenguin looks at 11 scenarios where heat was listed as an underlying cause of death. Here’s a national and state look at those figures. Extreme heat feels like the new normal for many in the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

Norbert Koll, a vacation-rental owner in Ahrweiler, Germany, said that record-breaking floods that struck the area last July “hit him like a brick.” The flood filled homes with mud, destroyed roads ...

Tom McLeod banged his head against the side of the house. He had rolled two miles in his mobility scooter through the oppressive 111-degree heat. He was trying to get to his father’s house. The heat ...

Extreme heat is suspected in at least seven deaths in Oregon as the Pacific Northwest continues to bake in a prolonged heat wave, which has exceeded triple digits in many parts of the region.