With its varied landscapes and particularly well-preserved parks, the American West Coast is an exciting playground for hikers of all levels. Discover our favorite hiking routes, and get moving.

Maximum alert in the United States for a devastating 300-meter megatsunami that could devastate the entire West Coast. Experts sound the alarm over potential disaster ...

For the first time, seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has been detected on the West Coast of the United States. Cesium-134, the so-called fingerprint of Fukushima, was ...

West Coast states are bracing for hurricane-like conditions today as a 'bomb cyclone' drags an atmospheric river onto land. New maps reveal the areas that will see the most intense impacts.

One of the most dangerous fault lines that threatens the United States lurks off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, capable of producing a Pacific-wide tsunami and dramatically changing the ...

Officials from Oregon, Washington and California transportation agencies pitched the idea of the West Coast zero-emission truck fueling corridor on I-5 to the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

West Coast states join 14 others to sue Trump administration for blocking development of wind energy By JENNIFER McDERMOTT ( Associated Press ) May 5, 2025 8:21 p.m.

New research from the Pacific Northwest Blue Carbon Working Group shows that forested tidal swamps store more carbon than any other coastal ecosystem on the West Coast of the United States and Canada.

The SS United States is notable for 44 mph speeds, two 65-foot funnels that vent exhaust off its decks. The liner cruised by Palm Beach County's coast.