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A market remains closed following instructions from authorities ahead of cyclone Biparjoy's landfall at Mandvi in Kutch district of Gujarat state, India, Thursday, June 15, 2023. A vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan that suffered deadly floods last year are bracing for a new deluge as fast-approaching Cyclone Biparjoy whirls toward landfall Thursday.

India, Pakistan brace for winds, flash flooding as Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall

June 15, 2023, 9:05am Nation & World

Cyclone Biparjoy made landfall on Thursday evening as a vast swath of western India and neighboring southern Pakistan braced for flash floods, heavy rain and high winds. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Enjoy next couple of days before rainy weather arrives

June 15, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

Our change in the weather is underway although the main effects will take place over the weekend. A weak weather front passed through our area Tuesday afternoon with cool west winds but no rain. A dry weather front passed through little moisture to speak of. Read story

Thousands evacuated in India and Pakistan as Cyclone Biparjoy approaches

June 13, 2023, 8:17am Nation & World

Pakistan’s army and civil authorities are planning to evacuate 80,000 people to safety along the country’s southern coast, and thousands in neighboring India sought shelter ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy, officials said Tuesday. Read story

Weather Eye: Cooler, wetter days are on their way to Clark County

June 13, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

For those of you that enjoy warm weather I hope you were outside Monday and soaked in that beautiful sunshine. Things are going to change for a while as the jet stream slowly sags southward and we feel the effects with more clouds and cooler temperatures. Read story

Mount Washington, known for extreme weather, records its snowiest June

June 12, 2023, 8:08am Nation & World

A New Hampshire mountain known for its extreme weather conditions has recorded its snowiest June in 91 years of recordkeeping. Read story

Weather Eye: Our weather looks outstanding for the next week

June 10, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

Once again, the weather gods threw a wrench in our forecasts, with leftover thunderstorm debris from east of the Cascades that drifted westward over us. It was far from a soaker, which we really need. As of midday Friday, Vancouver had less than a tenth of an inch in the… Read story

FILE - A man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J., June 7, 2023. Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across the U.S. Northeast this week. But for much of the rest of the world, breathing dangerously polluted air is an inescapable fact of life -- and death.

As historic smoke blankets the East Coast, Northwest leaders hope Congress will wake up to the wildfire threat

June 9, 2023, 7:47am Latest News

The nation's capital woke up Thursday to the impact of catastrophic wildfires — perhaps in more ways than one — as smoke from nearly 10 million acres ablaze in Canada blanketed the East Coast. Read story

FILE - Jose Cruz, 13, carries an empty Jerrycan through receding flood waters outside his house as his family heads out to look for supplies, three days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 1, 2022. After months of gradually warming sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, NOAA officially issued an El Nino advisory Thursday, June 8, 2023, and stated that this one might be different than the others.

Here comes El Nino: It’s early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world

June 8, 2023, 2:00pm Latest News

An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced. Read story

Pedestrians pass the One World Trade Center, center, amidst a smokey haze from wildfires in Canada, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks.

Air quality alerts extend for third day as smoke from Canadian wildfires pushes south

June 8, 2023, 1:30pm Latest News

Officials warned residents to stay inside and limit outdoor activities Thursday as a thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke loomed over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day and was expected to persist as long as the weekend. Read story

Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighters Walter Scott, left, and Zac Simpson work on a fire in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia onThursday, June 1, 2023.

Hundreds of fires are out of control in Canada’s worst-ever season

June 8, 2023, 8:05am Nation & World

Wildfires continue to burn large tracts of forest in Canada, with little sign weather will provide much help to firefighters who are battling the blazes that are sending smoke over New York and other major cities. Read story