Emergency Recordings Show Chaos of Deadly Texas Floods August 25, 2025 By Claudia Lauer, Gene Johnson, Jamie Stengle and Mark Thiessen Cries for help came from the pitch-black woods, from rooftops and from attics that shifted unsteadily as the water rose....
Alaska Tsunami Warning Had Residents Scrambling for High Ground After M7.3 Quake July 18, 2025 By Mark Thiessen and Becky Bohrer Communities along a 700-mile stretch of Alaska’s southern coast ordered residents to higher ground after a powerful offshore earthquake Wednesday,...
NWS Issues Alaska’s First Ever Heat Advisory June 17, 2025 By Mark Thiessen For the first time ever, parts of Alaska are under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk...
Earthquakes Under a Volcano Near Alaska’s Largest City Raise Concerns December 9, 2024 By Mark Thiessen An increase in the number of earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city this year has geologists paying attention....
Quake Prompted Tsunami Warning West Coast. Here’s What to Know About Tsunamis December 9, 2024 By Mark Thiessen The powerful earthquake that struck in Northern California on Thursday prompted a brief tsunami warning affecting about 5 million people...
Western Alaska Yup’ik Village Floods as River Rises From a Series of Storms August 23, 2024 By Mark Thiessen Storm-battered residents in the western Alaska village of Napakiak were preparing for the third storm in a week Tuesday, days...
Jury Awards $700k to Seattle Protesters Jailed for Anti-Police Slogans on Barricade June 27, 2024 By Mark Thiessen Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct...
Hawaii Fire Shows Wildfires Pose Particular Threat to Elderly and Other Vulnerable Individuals December 28, 2023 By Gene Johnson, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher and Mark Thiessen Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived at a family...
Bursting Ice Dam in Alaska Highlights Risks of Glacial Flooding August 9, 2023 By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen The gray, two-story home with white trim toppled and slid, crashing into the river below as rushing waters carried off...
Man Sues Alaska Troopers, Says His Job Offer Yanked After HIV Status Revealed June 12, 2023 By Mark Thiessen A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he...