Dalton Day

1 week ago | kgw.com | Dalton Day |Leah Pezzetti

SEATTLE — A powerful solar eruption could trigger a severe geomagnetic storm early next week, giving the Pacific Northwest a good shot at seeing Northern Lights. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a G4 (severe) geomagnetic storm watch for Sunday night into Monday, after a strong coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun Friday evening. The burst of solar plasma is expected to reach Earth late Sunday.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Dalton Day |Bridget Chavez

EVERETT, Wash. — Authorities are continuing recovery efforts after a 26-foot boat sank Wednesday near Mukilteo, leaving three people missing and one survivor. The group had launched from the Everett Marina to go shrimping when their vessel capsized northeast of Mukilteo around 1 p.m., according to the Everett Police Department. At the time, weather conditions included 1-foot seas and 6-knot winds. The water temperature was in the low 50s to high 40s.

2 weeks ago | kgw.com | Dalton Day |Olivia Sullivan

EVERETT, Wash. — After a 26-foot boat sank in Possession Sound near Everett on Wednesday, the Everett Fire Department announced that evening the operation had shifted to a recovery effort for three missing people. Around 1 p.m., police and fire agencies received multiple 911 calls about a sinking boat about 200 feet from shore. One person, a man in his 50s, was rescued by a passing boater.