disasters

Washington’s Deadliest Aviation Disaster Happened Near Tri-Cities

The C-124A Globemaster built by the Douglas Corporation was carrying 105 servicemen, and 10 crew members when it lifted off into the eastern Washington sky at 6:27 a.m. on December 20, 1952.

Paul Drake

September is The Month You Need to Prepare for Disasters

Washington State is no stranger to natural disasters from earthquakes to volcanoes we’ve seen disasters first hand.

Lance Tormey

Irene Adds to the Misery and Growing National Expense

HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO MAKE 2011 RECORD YEAR FOR DISASTERS: Hurricane Irene is expected to make 2011 a record year for billion-dollar natural disasters as the 10th one of the year so far, breaking the record set in 2008. News agency Bloomberg has cited risk assessor Kinetic Analysis as estimating that Irene may cause $13.9 billion in insured losses and $20 billion in total economic losses.

Dave Ettl