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.

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.

The wildfires across California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have killed dozens, destroyed thousands of buildings and left a thick layer of smoke across the West Coast and beyond ...

The warning looms over the coast of Hawaii, Alaska and the entire west coast of the United States because of the fault located between Vancouver Island and Cape Mendocino, in the state of California.

One of the worst heat waves on record for the western United States is set to peak between this weekend and early next week, bringing a brutal, enduring spell of high temperatures to the Southwest ...