Sources: Reuters
The National Hurricane Center issues the first ever tropical storm watch for the West Coast of the United States in Southern California as Hurricane Hilary approaches from Mexico. 2023-08-18
Four people are killed over Snohomish County, Washington, United States, as a Cessna 208B disintegrates in mid-air. 2022-11-19
The governors of five states: California, Ohio, Illinois, Washington and Massachusetts, order bars and restaurants to close in response to the pandemic. 2020-03-15
Four hundred United States National Guard and Air National Guard personnel are activated in six states to help contain the coronavirus: Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island and Washington. 2020-03-13
Washington Governor Jay Inslee declares a state of emergency as a winter storm that could bring up to 8 in of snow begins to affect the state. 2019-02-8
In Seattle, Washington, a Seattle Fire Department crew, responding to reports of a natural gas leak in the Greenwood neighborhood, are caught in an explosion that injures nine firefighters. The explosion blew out windows in businesses and storefronts in the surrounding blocks, destroying three businesses and heavily damaging a fourth. 2016-03-9
The United States National Park Service advises that six climbers who went missing on Washington's Mount Rainier are not expected to be found alive. 2014-05-31
At least two people are dead and one is in critical condition after a KOMO-TV news helicopter crashes near the Seattle Space Needle in Seattle, Washington. 2014-03-18
Five people are killed in a shooting incident at an apartment complex in Federal Way, Washington, south of Seattle, United States. 2013-04-21