ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there’s a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city’s ...

A tsunami advisory triggered by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake was canceled just before 11 a.m. July 30 for coastal areas of Oregon and Washington, according to the National Weather Service. The tsunami ...

SALEM, Ore — Although the tsunami advisory for the Oregon Coast was lifted by Wednesday afternoon, state and local officials are continuing to urge residents and visitors to stay out of the water.

Two hospitals — Ocean Beach Health in Washington, and Providence Seaside Hospital in Oregon — are about 20 miles from Columbia Memorial. Both are 25-bed hospitals, and neither is designed to withstand ...