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Gas shut-off valve could save your home from catching fire when an earthquake hits

Gas shut-off valve could save your home from catching fire when an earthquake hits

When the earth shakes so do furnaces, water heaters and gas lines.

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Photos: 2001 Nisqually Earthquake

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Raw: 2001 Nisqually earthquake footage

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Washington volcanoes among most dangerous

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Great ShakeOut drill prepares students for major earthquake

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Snohomish County PUD battery backup

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Indonesia earthquake lessons: Pacific Northwest needs to be prepared

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DNR wants $2.9 million for landslide study 5 years after Oso disaster

The state Department of Natural Resources has asked the legislature for funding to study the Oso slide area in addition to efforts to map landslide risk across the state.

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Western Washington Forecast

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Dry weather takes us through the rest of the week.

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The man behind the music of Microsoft

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Get an inside look at Tacoma's new Mc Menamins Elks Temple

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Taylor Shellfish Samish Oyster Bar and Shellfish Market

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Mikkelsen family trip to Notre Dame weeks before fire

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We're drooling over the small batch donuts at Tempesta - KING 5 Evening

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An Italian Greyhound named Asher brings joy to the Pacific Northwest

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Headband company Hart's & Pearls was created to inspire

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ARCH lost dozens of affordable homes in King County to foreclosures

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WWII ship could save lives after major Pacific Northwest earthquake

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Hunting for truffles in the Pacific Northwest

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An Oregon woman lived 99 years with organs backwards. And she didn’t know.

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How long it will take to walk to safety before a tsunami hits

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The tulips are blooming in Skagit Valley

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