heat wave

(Runtime 1:02)A new study has found – when it comes to climate change – Washington’s Tri-Cities is facing the opposite situation as many large cities. The…

(Runtime 0:46)It’s cold this time of year – but even fans of warm summers don’t want to endure the extreme temperatures of 2021. That’s when a deadly heat…

STORY BY ASH BEARD AND MARY ELLEN PITNEYOriginally pusblished July 28, 2022A heat wave is on the way in Eastern Washington. If you don’t have access to…

Just in time for the Fourth of July holiday, the west side of Washington is going to see some sunny, hot weather. The daytime highs of 80- and 90- plus degrees being predicted might still seem abnormal to those who call the Puget Sound basin home, but those temperatures are on trend with the hotter summers climatologists have been tracking.Historically, Western Washington would get one or two days of 90-plus degrees in the summer. But, now, that’s happening about twice as often, said Nick Bond, the Washington state climatologist and a research scientist with the University of Washington.

Trabajadores agrícolas y defensores del medioambiente pidieron al gobernador de Washington, Jay Inslee, que declare una emergencia climática en el estado.

Farmworkers and environmental justice advocates want Washington Governor Jay Inslee to declare a climate emergency in the state.

El calor puede afectar gravemente a quienes trabajan al aire libre. Por el peligro que supone trabajar con calor extremo, el Departamento de Trabajo e Industrias de Washington, (L&I, por sus siglas en inglés), está elaborando normas permanentes para proteger a estos trabajadores. Por el momento, hay normas de emergencia en vigor hasta septiembre. Sin embargo, los trabajadores agrícolas del centro de Washington tienen opiniones encontradas sobre el cumplimiento de la normativa, mientras que los defensores piden que se aplique con más control.

(Runtime 3:49) Heat can severely affect outdoor workers. Because of the danger of working in extreme heat, the Washington Department of Labor and…

NWPB’s Johanna Bejarano reports on heat prevention (Runtime 0:52)High temperatures are expected across the country but not as severe in Washington. Still,…

Dry conditions across Washington have prompted the state’s Department of Ecology to declare a drought emergency.