Weather & Climate

Army troops evacuate people from a flood-hit area in Rajanpur, district of Punjab, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Officials say flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and displaced thousands more since mid-June.

International aid reaches flood-ravaged Pakistan

August 29, 2022, 9:29am Nation & World

Pakistanis wrestled with the destruction of their homes and businesses Monday as the military and volunteers tried to evacuate thousands stranded by widespread flooding driven by “monster monsoons” that have killed more than 1,000 people this summer. Read story

Reservoir police observe the water release from the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway onto the Pearl River, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Rankin County, Miss. Local officials anticipate flooding in neighborhoods near the Pearl River, the results of severe flooding from heavy rains days earlier. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

Flooding looms large again in Mississippi’s capital city

August 29, 2022, 9:28am Nation & World

The forecasted flooding in Mississippi could not have come at a worse time for Veronique Daniels, who became homeless three months ago and was sleeping on her mother’s back porch in Jackson when she got wind of the impending disaster. Read story

FILE - Rice plants that are turning yellow in color blow in the breeze in a farm field in Mu'er town on the outskirts of Chonqing, China, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. The very landscape of Chongqing, a megacity that also takes in surrounding farmland and steep and picturesque mountains, has been transformed by an unusually long and intense heat wave and an accompanying drought.

China’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks

August 29, 2022, 7:52am Nation & World

More than 100,000 people had moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that was devastated by a heatwave and drought for most of the summer. Read story

A pickup truck drives through one of the closed lanes on westbound Highway 94 just east of the northbound Interstate 805 due to flooding from the rain, Nov. 28, 2019, in San Diego.

Climate change could push flood damage to $3 billion a year in western U.S, study says

August 28, 2022, 6:09pm Nation & World

The University of California, San Diego says the atmospheric river storms that periodically hit the western U.S. could cause as much as $3.2 billion a year in flood damage by the end of the century, a figure three times higher than an estimate the university made in 2019. Read story

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

Weather Eye: After a nice break, we’ll flirt with 90 degrees again this week

August 28, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

We’ve had a nice break from the summer routine, with Friday reaching 79 degrees and Saturday afternoon in the low to mid-70s. Today should have some marine clouds and highs under 80. Read story

Flash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot

A mailbox stands in floodwaters from heavy rains that have plagued the region in recent days on Foxboro Drive in northeast Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Torrential rains and flash flooding prompted rescue operations, closures and evacuations in the central part of the state.

August 25, 2022, 10:29am Nation & World

Law enforcement officers in central Mississippi carried toddlers out of a flooded day care center after storms dumped rain that caused creeks to overflow, and forecasters said the threat from heavy downpours was spreading Thursday. Read story

Weather Eye: One more day for the AC before weekend cool-off

Another hot one Wednesday with 93 degrees as of 5 p.m. in Vancouver. Today we see a similar high temperature before we cool off. I mentioned a cold air mass drifting down from British Columbia, and that will keep us cool, mainly in the 70s over the weekend. Will we… Read story

One month later, Kentucky flood evacuees weigh cloudy future

Ivallean Smith, who awoke to rising floodwaters when her pet chihuahua Coco, left, licked her hand, is being sheltered with other evacuees at Jenny Wiley State Park in Prestonsburg, Ky., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D.

August 24, 2022, 6:25pm Nation & World

Nearly a month after deadly flooding engulfed their houses, some eastern Kentuckians sheltering at state parks continue to wrestle with the same life-defining question — whether to rebuild at the place they call home or start over somewhere else. Read story