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Weather & Climate

The eternal optimists: How Texas’ ranchers, farmers cope during an exceptional drought

September 4, 2022, 6:05am Business

The soil crumbled beneath Russell Boening’s boots as he walked onto his harvested field of sorghum in Floresville, a small town southeast of San Antonio. Read story

Cal Fire crews work a flare up near the Barrett Mobile Home and RV Park as they fight the Border Fire Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Dulzura, Calif. California wildfires chewed through rural areas north of Los Angeles and east of San Diego on Thursday, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day.

Firefighters gain on California wildfires despite high heat

Cal Fire crews work a flare up near the Barrett Mobile Home and RV Park as they fight the Border Fire Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Dulzura, Calif. California wildfires chewed through rural areas north of Los Angeles and east of San Diego on Thursday, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day.

September 2, 2022, 11:04am Latest News

Firefighters were making progress Friday against two big Southern California wildfires despite dangerously hot weather. Read story

Tropical Storm Danielle strengthens into hurricane

September 2, 2022, 8:32am Nation & World

Tropical Storm Danielle picked up strength in the Atlantic and was forecast to become the first hurricane of an unusually quiet storm season on Friday morning. Read story

State Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz speaks with Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody during an August 2021 tour of an area burned by the Cedar Creek Wildfire near the Methow Valley in Central Washington.

Lands commissioner calls for fire caution during Labor Day weekend

State Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz speaks with Twisp Mayor Soo Ing-Moody during an August 2021 tour of an area burned by the Cedar Creek Wildfire near the Methow Valley in Central Washington.

September 2, 2022, 7:40am Latest News

Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz is asking members of the public to help prevent wildfires during Labor Day weekend. Read story

FILE - Smoke rises from forest fires in the region of Novo Progresso, in Par?, Brazil, on Aug. 21, 2022. More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation.

Number of Brazil Amazon fires hits five-year high in August

FILE - Smoke rises from forest fires in the region of Novo Progresso, in Par?, Brazil, on Aug. 21, 2022. More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation.

September 1, 2022, 1:59pm Nation & World

More fires burned in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest this August than in any month in nearly five years, thanks to a surge in illegal deforestation. Read story

Firefighters walk in a line during a wildfire in Castaic, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W.

California wildfires prompt evacuations amid heat wave

Firefighters walk in a line during a wildfire in Castaic, Calif. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W.

September 1, 2022, 1:40pm Nation & World

California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day. Read story

Tropical Storm Danielle forms in the Atlantic

September 1, 2022, 8:35am Nation & World

Tropical Storm Danielle has formed Thursday in the Atlantic, but is not currently a threat to any land. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Another hot day before weekend brings relief

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

September 1, 2022, 5:55am Clark County News

Welcome to the first day of meteorological autumn as we shift gears from summer weather into more fall-like weather. A new season folks. However, we still have a summer air mass overhead, and we should climb to perhaps another 90-degree high today. Then we cool in the 80 to 85-degree… Read story

FILE - A pair of beach goers watch the sun rise over the Atlantic Ocean, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. All the experts predicted this would be a more active than normal hurricane season, but then nothing happened. Scientists think a persistent patch of dry air is the reason storms aren't forming.

Calm before storms? Oddly quiet Atlantic despite forecasts

FILE - A pair of beach goers watch the sun rise over the Atlantic Ocean, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Surfside, Fla. All the experts predicted this would be a more active than normal hurricane season, but then nothing happened. Scientists think a persistent patch of dry air is the reason storms aren't forming.

August 31, 2022, 1:50pm Nation & World

It’s been quiet — too quiet — this Atlantic hurricane season, meteorologists and residents of storm-prone areas whisper almost as if not to tempt fate. Read story

A car drives along Washington State Route 501 as a mirage makes the road appear covered in water on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Temperatures soared into the upper 90s on Tuesday after a cool weekend and are expected to remain high throughout the week.

Vancouver-Portland area under air quality advisory

A car drives along Washington State Route 501 as a mirage makes the road appear covered in water on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Temperatures soared into the upper 90s on Tuesday after a cool weekend and are expected to remain high throughout the week.

August 31, 2022, 12:34pm Clark County News

The Vancouver-Portland area is under an air quality advisory due to expected elevated pollution levels, according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Southwest Clean Air Agency.  Read story