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Residents placed a "you loot, we shoot" sign on their their flooded property Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents in the area continue cleaning up after Hurricane Ian came ashore along Florida's west coast last week.

Hurricane Ian floods leave mess, insurance questions behind

Residents placed a "you loot, we shoot" sign on their their flooded property Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in North Port, Fla. Residents in the area continue cleaning up after Hurricane Ian came ashore along Florida's west coast last week.

October 7, 2022, 7:40am Nation & World

Christine Barrett was inside her family’s North Port home during Hurricane Ian when one of her children started yelling that water was coming up from the shower. Read story

Snowbird Bruce Hickey, 70, walks along the waterfront, now littered with debris including shrimp boats, in the mobile home park where he and his wife Kathy have a winter home, a trailer originally purchased by Kathy's mother in 1979, on San Carlos Island, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian.

Ian death toll hits 101 as evacuees return to mud, rubble

Snowbird Bruce Hickey, 70, walks along the waterfront, now littered with debris including shrimp boats, in the mobile home park where he and his wife Kathy have a winter home, a trailer originally purchased by Kathy's mother in 1979, on San Carlos Island, Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, one week after the passage of Hurricane Ian.

October 6, 2022, 7:07pm Nation & World

Rotting fish and garbage lie scattered in Sanibel Island’s streets. On the mainland, debris from washed-away homes is heaped in a canal like matchsticks. Huge shrimp boats sit perched amid the remains of a mobile home park. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Winter on its way, so enjoy these 80-degree days

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

October 6, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

The weather has progressed as I thought with those marine clouds and cooler temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday. However, with clearing skies and a bit of an offshore flow of air, we should bounce back into the low 80s and stay there through Sunday, from what I can see at this… Read story

A resident is assisted from a ferry after returning from Pine Island, Fla., after Hurricane Ian, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.

Florida’s island dwellers digging out from Ian’s destruction

A resident is assisted from a ferry after returning from Pine Island, Fla., after Hurricane Ian, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.

October 5, 2022, 9:36am Latest News

ST. JAMES CITY, Fla. (AP) — Following Hurricane Ian’s destruction, many residents on one Florida island have stayed put for days without electricity and other resources while hoping the lone bridge to the mainland is repaired. Read story

In this photo provided by Johnny Lauder, Lauder takes a selfie with his mother, Karen Lauder, 86, as he came to rescue her after water flooded her home, in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, following Hurricane Ian.

Son’s images show him rescuing Mom from Ian’s floodwaters

In this photo provided by Johnny Lauder, Lauder takes a selfie with his mother, Karen Lauder, 86, as he came to rescue her after water flooded her home, in Naples, Fla., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, following Hurricane Ian.

October 5, 2022, 8:07am Nation & World

In one photo, Johnny Lauder’s 86-year-old mother is in her Florida home, submerged nearly to her shoulders in black murky water, staring straight at the camera, mouth open. Read story

The Kalama Fire started on Sept. 1 and is 5 percent contained. (U.S.

Wildfires continue to burn in Washington

The Kalama Fire started on Sept. 1 and is 5 percent contained. (U.S.

October 5, 2022, 7:42am Latest News

There are five large fires in Washington according to the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center as of Oct. 4. The NICC defines a large fire as any wildland fire in timber 100 acres or greater, and 300 acres or greater in grasslands/rangelands, or that has an Incident Management Team assigned to… Read story

Elaine Moore stands next to a dry irrigation canal and almond orchard near her property, where two wells have gone dry this summer in Chowchilla, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022. Amid a megadrought plaguing the American West, more rural communities are losing access to groundwater as heavy pumping depletes underground aquifers that aren't being replenished by rain and snow.

California wells run dry as drought depletes groundwater

Elaine Moore stands next to a dry irrigation canal and almond orchard near her property, where two wells have gone dry this summer in Chowchilla, Calif., Sept. 14, 2022. Amid a megadrought plaguing the American West, more rural communities are losing access to groundwater as heavy pumping depletes underground aquifers that aren't being replenished by rain and snow.

October 4, 2022, 8:50am Nation & World

As California’s drought deepens, Elaine Moore’s family is running out of an increasingly precious resource: water. Read story

A member of the Florida National Guard helps stack emergency supplies that arrived by boat during flooding along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.

In Ian’s wake, Florida residents brave a slow wait for power

A member of the Florida National Guard helps stack emergency supplies that arrived by boat during flooding along the Peace River in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Arcadia, Fla., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.

October 4, 2022, 8:14am Nation & World

Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian smashed into Florida and carved a path of destruction that reached into the Carolinas, hundreds of thousands of Florida residents faced another day without electricity Tuesday as rescuers continued their search for those trapped inside homes inundated with lingering floodwaters. Read story

Seattle to stay smoky amid record heat, low rainfall

October 4, 2022, 7:45am Northwest

The air quality in Seattle was among the worst in the world Monday, ranking 10th, according to one online air quality database. Read story

Weather Eye: Temperatures will stay above average into next week

October 4, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

We did it again. Afternoon high temperatures around our area continued in the 80s for the third day this month. And though we cool today and Wednesday a bit with more marine cloudiness, we inch back to 80 degrees or better Thursday through the weekend. Read story