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Weather & Climate

New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater

January 23, 2023, 6:02am Nation & World

Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area. Read story

Weather Eye: With feisty system behind us, a dry week awaits

January 22, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

That was quite a small but feisty weather system that rolled by Saturday. It was stronger than forecast charts predicted, and with clear skies overnight cooling the lower atmosphere, snow flurries were seen by many in Clark County. Read story

Residents scramble to retrieve belongings before flood waters rise too high in Merced, California, on Jan. 10, 2023.

California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection

Residents scramble to retrieve belongings before flood waters rise too high in Merced, California, on Jan. 10, 2023.

January 22, 2023, 6:00am Nation & World

The storms that have been battering California offer a glimpse of the catastrophic floods that scientists warn will come in the future and that the state is unprepared to endure. Read story

In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance

January 20, 2023, 11:12am Nation & World

On Sunday morning, Kyle Starks woke up to floodwaters that reached the door of his Jeep after yet another heavy rain storm drenched California. Emergency crews showed up with boats to float Starks and other residents of his rural mobile home park in Acampo to safety. Read story

Firefighters evacuate people from a flooded area in northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Heavy rainfall this week across the Balkans has caused rivers to rise dangerously in Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro, flooding some areas and threatening flood defenses elsewhere.

Man’s body found in Serbia as Balkans struggles with floods

Firefighters evacuate people from a flooded area in northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Heavy rainfall this week across the Balkans has caused rivers to rise dangerously in Serbia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Montenegro, flooding some areas and threatening flood defenses elsewhere.

January 20, 2023, 7:44am Nation & World

A man’s body has been pulled from a swollen river in southwestern Serbia and rescuers are searching for another man, state television said Friday, as floods across the Balkans closed down schools, hampered traffic and soaked homes and farmland. Read story

FILE - The Los Angeles River flows downstream in Los Angeles, Jan. 14, 2023. In Los Angeles, a complex system of dams and paved flood control channels including the river were designed to steer water away from roads and buildings and out to sea as fast as possible. But with water sources becoming scarce, efforts are underway to begin capturing and treating some of the runoff for irrigation or to inject in aquifers.

California storms feed systems set up to capture rainwater

FILE - The Los Angeles River flows downstream in Los Angeles, Jan. 14, 2023. In Los Angeles, a complex system of dams and paved flood control channels including the river were designed to steer water away from roads and buildings and out to sea as fast as possible. But with water sources becoming scarce, efforts are underway to begin capturing and treating some of the runoff for irrigation or to inject in aquifers.

January 19, 2023, 1:42pm Nation & World

As Californians tally the damage from recent storms, some are taking stock of the rainwater captured by cisterns, catches, wells and underground basins — many built in recent years to provide relief to a state locked in decades of drought. Read story

FILE - A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a painting of an American flag in San Francisco, Jan. 11, 2023. A new study says the drenching that California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change.

Warming to make California downpours even wetter, study says

FILE - A pedestrian carries an umbrella while walking past a painting of an American flag in San Francisco, Jan. 11, 2023. A new study says the drenching that California has been getting since Christmas will only get wetter and nastier with climate change.

January 19, 2023, 9:32am Nation & World

As damaging as it was for more than 32 trillion gallons of rain and snow to fall on California since Christmas, a worst-case global warming scenario could juice up similar future downpours by one-third by the middle of this century, a new study says. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Falling overnight lows will lead to frosty mornings

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

January 19, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

The chilly rain that fell Wednesday amounted to a quarter inch or so around the county, with perhaps greater amounts in the higher elevations. Wednesday’s high was 47 degrees, which is exactly average for the date, but it sure felt colder to me. Read story

The Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Academy students put on protective rain coats prior to participating in the Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. A barrage of atmospheric river storms has dumped rain and snow on California since late December, cutting power to thousands, swamping roads, unleashing debris flows, and triggering landslides. Monday's system is relatively weak compared with earlier storms.

California weather calms after weeks of storms

The Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Academy students put on protective rain coats prior to participating in the Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. A barrage of atmospheric river storms has dumped rain and snow on California since late December, cutting power to thousands, swamping roads, unleashing debris flows, and triggering landslides. Monday's system is relatively weak compared with earlier storms.

January 17, 2023, 9:39am Nation & World

California’s weather was calmer Tuesday after weeks of atmospheric rivers that slammed the state with damaging rains, wind and surf that flooded homes, highways and farm fields, collapsed hillsides and toppled countless trees. Read story

Devastating storms might be over, but officials caution California to stay vigilant

January 17, 2023, 8:14am Nation & World

As the skies begin to clear and a relentless series of atmospheric rivers starts to move out, Californians are finally catching a break as they assess the aftermath of weeks of downed trees, landslides and devastating flooding. Read story