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Weather & Climate

Forecasters: Earl may become Category 4 storm

September 7, 2022, 5:30pm Nation & World

Hurricane Earl is moving slowly but is expected to keep strengthening throughout the week and possibly become this year’s first major hurricane reaching the strength of a Category 4 storm. Read story

Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874.

California faces another day of grid-straining extreme heat

Olof Wood walks across reef-like structures called microbialites, exposed by receding waters at the Great Salt Lake Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, near Salt Lake City. A blistering heat wave is breaking records in Utah, where temperatures hit 105 degrees Fahrenheit (40.5 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday. That is the hottest September day recorded going back to 1874.

September 7, 2022, 2:21pm Nation & World

Operators of California's electricity grid acknowledged Wednesday that a miscommunication led to a small number of power shutoffs during a period of great strain, even as the state faced another day of extreme heat that could prompt much larger rolling blackouts. Read story

“Extremely critical” fire risk in Montana as heat sears West

September 7, 2022, 11:17am Latest News

Triple-digit temperatures were expected to break records across parts of the Northern Plains on Wednesday. Forecasters warned strong winds could stoke out-of-control wildfires, and said the dangerous conditions will sweep into the central Plains by Thursday. Read story

The Cedar Creek Fire burns near Waldo Lake in Oregon.  (U.S.

Wind, storms could spread wildfires in Oregon this week

The Cedar Creek Fire burns near Waldo Lake in Oregon.  (U.S.

September 7, 2022, 7:34am Latest News

Oregon firefighters will face challenges this week as continued heat combines with windy and unstable conditions, possible thunderstorms and unwanted east winds, fire meteorologists said. Read story

Rick Fitzpatrick holds a dog after evacuating from the Fairview Fire Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Hemet, Calif.

California facing chance of blackouts amid brutal heat wave

Rick Fitzpatrick holds a dog after evacuating from the Fairview Fire Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Hemet, Calif.

September 6, 2022, 8:18am Nation & World

California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures. State energy officials said the electrical load Tuesday afternoon could top 51,000 megawatts, the highest demand the state has ever seen. Read story

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

Weather Eye: We may be on track to break record for 90-degree days

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

September 6, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

If I had to rate Monday’s weather, I would certainly give it a 10 hands down. Clear skies, light northwest breezes and afternoon temperatures around 80 degrees. How perfect is that? And right at textbook averages for the date. Read story

Trash cans from JR Dick Dowdy Park wash up outside of the Coach Inn Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, in Summerville, Ga. After heavy rainfall, a Flash Flood Warning was issued in Summerville Sunday.

Flood threat continues in Georgia, other southern states

Trash cans from JR Dick Dowdy Park wash up outside of the Coach Inn Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, in Summerville, Ga. After heavy rainfall, a Flash Flood Warning was issued in Summerville Sunday.

September 5, 2022, 12:05pm Nation & World

Flood watches were in effect in the U.S. southeast early Monday as forecasters warn of the possibility of torrential downpours on Labor Day across already saturated ground. Read story

An electronic signboard shows canceled flights as Typhoon Hinnamnor travels toward the Korean Peninsula at Jeju International Airport on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022.

Flights grounded in South Korea as Typhoon Hinnamnor nears

An electronic signboard shows canceled flights as Typhoon Hinnamnor travels toward the Korean Peninsula at Jeju International Airport on Jeju Island, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022.

September 5, 2022, 9:18am Nation & World

Hundreds of flights were grounded and more than 200 people evacuated in South Korea on Monday as Typhoon Hinnamnor approached the southern region with heavy rains and winds of up to 170 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, putting the nation on alert for its worst storm in decades. Read story

Victims of the unprecedented flooding from monsoon rains use makeshift barge to carry hay for cattle, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation's prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat.

UN refuge agency rushes aid to Pakistan amid raging floods

Victims of the unprecedented flooding from monsoon rains use makeshift barge to carry hay for cattle, in Jaffarabad, a district of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation's prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat.

September 5, 2022, 8:08am Nation & World

The U.N. refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation’s prime minister traveled to the south where rising waters of Lake Manchar pose a new threat. Read story

Residents wade through a flood hit area following heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Aug. 29, 2022. The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has topped more than 1,000, according to figures released on Aug. 29, 2022, by the country's National Disaster Management Authority.

Deadly floods are wreaking global havoc

Residents wade through a flood hit area following heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Aug. 29, 2022. The death toll from monsoon flooding in Pakistan since June has topped more than 1,000, according to figures released on Aug. 29, 2022, by the country's National Disaster Management Authority.

September 5, 2022, 6:00am Nation & World

Torrential downpours claimed the lives of more than 1,000 in Pakistan, where almost half a million people are in relief camps. A massive deluge crashed across Mississippi in the past week, leaving the roughly 150,000 residents of capital city Jackson without reliable access to clean drinking water. Cascades of rain… Read story