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Weather & Climate

Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming

March 13, 2023, 11:15am Nation & World

The intensity of extreme drought and rainfall has “sharply” increased over the past 20 years, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Water. These aren’t merely tough weather events, they are leading to extremes such as crop failure, infrastructure damage, even humanitarian crises and conflict. Read story

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

Weather Eye: We have a shot at hitting 60 degrees next weekend

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

March 12, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Want to make a guess when we might reach 60 degrees this year? Well, not right away, but forecast charts hint of milder weather by next weekend, and highs will bump into the mid- to upper 50s next Sunday. We have a fair shot at reaching 60 degrees. Read story

Kadyn Wheat, 14, on Tuesday shovels snow to free the family car that is entombed in the driveway after successive snow storms paralyzed the San Bernardino Mountain community.

‘A shameful situation’: Angry mountain residents trapped by snow ask why help took so long

Kadyn Wheat, 14, on Tuesday shovels snow to free the family car that is entombed in the driveway after successive snow storms paralyzed the San Bernardino Mountain community.

March 12, 2023, 6:00am Nation & World

Officials knew the San Bernardino County mountains were going to be hit by a bad storm days before an unprecedented blizzard rolled in. Read story

People stand under an umbrella while looking toward the skyline from Twin Peaks in San Francisco, Thursday, March 9, 2023. California is bracing for the arrival of an atmospheric river that forecasters warn will bring heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and the threat of flooding even as the state is still digging out from earlier storms.

Floods, heavy snow hit California during atmospheric storms

People stand under an umbrella while looking toward the skyline from Twin Peaks in San Francisco, Thursday, March 9, 2023. California is bracing for the arrival of an atmospheric river that forecasters warn will bring heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and the threat of flooding even as the state is still digging out from earlier storms.

March 10, 2023, 10:40am Nation & World

A new atmospheric river brought heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds to California on Friday, raising the threat of flooding and disrupting travel. Read story

La Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run

March 10, 2023, 8:12am Nation & World

La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its three-year barrage of body blows has come to an end, but left behind a lot of scars from hurricanes and tornadoes among other weather disasters. Read story

Snow falls around the statue of the British group The Beatles, at Pier Head in Liverpool, England, Thursday March 9, 2023. The UK is set to experience severe snowstorms and travel disruption as the Met Office has issued an amber warning in some areas.

Schools shut, drivers stuck as gales and blizzards batter UK

Snow falls around the statue of the British group The Beatles, at Pier Head in Liverpool, England, Thursday March 9, 2023. The UK is set to experience severe snowstorms and travel disruption as the Met Office has issued an amber warning in some areas.

March 10, 2023, 7:34am Nation & World

Trains were canceled, some schools were shut and drivers were stuck for hours on a major highway as a blast of snow and wind hit Britain on Friday for the second time in a week. Read story

A vehicle's grill sticks out of a snow mound after a series of storms, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.

New atmospheric river storm barrels toward California

A vehicle's grill sticks out of a snow mound after a series of storms, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.

March 9, 2023, 9:45am Nation & World

California braced Thursday for the arrival of another atmospheric river that forecasters warned will bring heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and the threat of flooding to a state still digging out from earlier storms. Read story

FILE - A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, March 9, 2023.

La Niña, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone

FILE - A house sits in Rock Creek after floodwaters washed away a road and a bridge in Red Lodge, Mont., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, March 9, 2023.

March 9, 2023, 7:45am Latest News

After three nasty years, the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Milder, wetter air likely to bring rain, not snow

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

March 9, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Hope is on the horizon, folks. That is, if you are wishing for no more daily threats of lowland snow. We still have a cold low spinning offshore today, but as it does, milder and wetter air will get entrained in the circulation, and heavier precipitation will fall as snow… Read story

Volunteers in mountain towns dig out snow-stuck Californians

March 8, 2023, 4:39pm Nation & World

After a blizzard swept through Southern California mountains, 79-year-old Alan Zagorsky found himself shut inside his home with snow blocking the door and stairways leading out. Read story