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A vehicle is upended and debris is strewn about follow a tornado near Meadowview elementary school Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2023 in Selma Ala.

Storms, tornadoes slam U.S. South, killing at least 7 people

A vehicle is upended and debris is strewn about follow a tornado near Meadowview elementary school Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2023 in Selma Ala.

January 12, 2023, 4:20pm Nation & World

A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of… Read story

California storms help ease drought in the state

January 12, 2023, 4:00pm Nation & World

Atmospheric rivers pounding California since late last year have coated mountains with a full winter’s worth of snow and begun raising reservoir levels — but experts say it will take much more precipitation to reverse the effects of years of drought. Read story

This undated photo provided by the Doan family shows Kyle Doan. The 5-year-old was swept away by floodwaters near San Miguel, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.  Search efforts for the missing boy continued for a third day, Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Missing boy’s mom: ‘I could feel his fingers slipping’ away

This undated photo provided by the Doan family shows Kyle Doan. The 5-year-old was swept away by floodwaters near San Miguel, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.  Search efforts for the missing boy continued for a third day, Wednesday, Jan. 11.

January 12, 2023, 11:40am Nation & World

Lindsy Doan didn’t think the water flowing over the creek crossing on San Marcos Road was deeper than normal when she tried navigating it in her SUV while driving her 5-year-old son to school. Read story

What is causing the parade of storms battering California?

January 12, 2023, 8:14am Nation & World

California has gone from one extreme to another, from extreme drought and empty reservoirs to too much rain all at once. Beginning on New Year’s Eve, a parade of punishing storms has hit the state, causing widespread flooding and destruction. Tragically, at least 19 people have been killed and the… Read story

Atmospheric river to bring rain, possible flooding to Western Washington

January 12, 2023, 7:28am Northwest

An atmospheric river moving from storm-battered California will bring heavy rainfall and flooding risks to Western Washington through the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Rainy weather will continue

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

January 12, 2023, 6:04am Clark County News

It seems like it has rained for days and days on end but perhaps it is only the dark gray skies of January. The good news is that it is staying lighter later into the evening, no more sunsets at 4:30 p.m. We are gaining on it as we journey… Read story

Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens

January 11, 2023, 8:35am Nation & World

A toddler crushed by falling trees. A 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters before his mother’s eyes and still missing. Three bodies recovered from inside or near submerged vehicles on a rural stretch of freeway. Read story

Jesus Torres carries belongings from his flooded Merced, Calif., home on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

Northern California sees more rain while the south dries out

Jesus Torres carries belongings from his flooded Merced, Calif., home on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

January 11, 2023, 8:27am Nation & World

Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although thunderstorms led a new atmospheric river into the northern half of the state. Read story

FILE - A man walks by a formerly sunken boat standing upright into the air with its stern buried in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead amid a drought at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nev., June 22, 2022. Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

NOAA: Ian, drought supercharged U.S. weather extremes in 2022

FILE - A man walks by a formerly sunken boat standing upright into the air with its stern buried in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead amid a drought at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area near Boulder City, Nev., June 22, 2022. Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

January 11, 2023, 6:00am Nation & World

Costly weather disasters kept raining down on America last year, pounding the nation with 18 climate extremes that caused at least $1 billion in damage each, totaling more than $165 billion, federal climate scientists calculated Tuesday. Read story

Flooding from huge amounts of rain are seen in a neighborhood off of Holohan Road near Watsonville, Calif. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.(Bront?

California storms persist with deluges, mudslide threats

Flooding from huge amounts of rain are seen in a neighborhood off of Holohan Road near Watsonville, Calif. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.(Bront?

January 10, 2023, 8:38am Nation & World

California saw no relief from drenching rains early Tuesday as the latest in a relentless string of storms continued to swamp roads and batter coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. At least 14… Read story