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A U.S. flag flies with the sun in the background in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Heat advisory issued for Clark County, Southwest Washington

A U.S. flag flies with the sun in the background in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S.

August 17, 2022, 7:19am Clark County News Free

The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a heat advisory for Vancouver, Clark County, Portland and much of southwest Washington. It also includes the I-5 corridor through the Willamette Valley in Oregon.  Read story

More storms forecast for flooded areas of West Virginia

August 16, 2022, 10:13am Nation & World

More thunderstorms were forecast this week for much of West Virginia, including areas that flooded Monday after up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in some areas, the National Weather Service said. Read story

A cargo ship passes a danger buoy lying on dry land in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After weeks of drought, the water levels of the Rhine have reached historic lows.

Europe drought: German industry at risk as Rhine level falls

A cargo ship passes a danger buoy lying on dry land in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. After weeks of drought, the water levels of the Rhine have reached historic lows.

August 16, 2022, 7:53am Business

Germany’s main industry lobby group warned Tuesday that factories may have to throttle production or halt it completely because plunging water levels on the Rhine River are making it harder to transport cargo. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Weather puts Clark County back in the hot seat

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

August 16, 2022, 6:03am Clark County News

We are back in the hot seat so to speak as the weather service has issued a heat advisory for Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the mid- to upper 90s. Monday afternoon after looking at weather charts, those should be the warmest days this week. Friday through the weekend… Read story

A display at an Olympia Federal Savings branch shows a temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit, Monday, June 28, 2021, in the early evening in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S.

These areas of Washington are likely to get hotter — but people keep moving there

A display at an Olympia Federal Savings branch shows a temperature of 107 degrees Fahrenheit, Monday, June 28, 2021, in the early evening in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S.

August 15, 2022, 4:02pm Latest News

Many parts of Washington will see more severe heat waves in coming decades, but that isn’t stopping an influx of new residents from moving to those communities. Read story

FILE - Farmer John Hawk looks over his land as his seed onion fields are watered in Holtville, Calif., Sept. 3, 2002. For the seven states that rely on the Colorado River that carries snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, that means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities although climate scientists say it's hard to predict how much less. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to publish hydrology projections on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, that will trigger agreed-upon cuts to states that rely on the river.

Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use

FILE - Farmer John Hawk looks over his land as his seed onion fields are watered in Holtville, Calif., Sept. 3, 2002. For the seven states that rely on the Colorado River that carries snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, that means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities although climate scientists say it's hard to predict how much less. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to publish hydrology projections on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, that will trigger agreed-upon cuts to states that rely on the river.

August 15, 2022, 8:27am Nation & World

Banks along parts of the Colorado River where water once streamed are now just caked mud and rock as climate change makes the Western U.S. hotter and drier. Read story

Hay farmer Milan Adams stands in a dry hay field near a wind sock, left, in Exeter, R.I., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Adams said in prior years it rained in the spring. This year, he said, the dryness started in March, and April was so dry he was nervous about his first cut of hay.

Northeastern farmers face new challenges with severe drought

Hay farmer Milan Adams stands in a dry hay field near a wind sock, left, in Exeter, R.I., Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Adams said in prior years it rained in the spring. This year, he said, the dryness started in March, and April was so dry he was nervous about his first cut of hay.

August 15, 2022, 8:09am Nation & World

Vermont farmer Brian Kemp is used to seeing the pastures at Mountain Meadows Farm grow slower in the hot, late summer, but this year the grass is at a standstill. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Humidity could be added to this week’s heat wave

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

August 14, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

This cool weather makes for a relaxing, peaceful summer interlude, especially when the afternoon high temperatures remain below 80 degrees. For the third time this month, Vancouver — as of 5 p.m. Saturday — had a high of only 78 degrees, some 6 degrees below average. Read story

Washington’s cold spring means lighter cherry and peach crops

August 13, 2022, 2:52pm Northwest

The same factors that produced a later and lighter cherry crop are affecting many Yakima Valley peach growers as well. Read story

A view of the Sirmione Peninsula, on Lake Garda in Italy, on Friday shows that the water level has dropped critically during the severe drought, resulting in rocks that used to be underwater being exposed around the peninsula.

Italy’s largest lake shrinks to near record low amid drought

A view of the Sirmione Peninsula, on Lake Garda in Italy, on Friday shows that the water level has dropped critically during the severe drought, resulting in rocks that used to be underwater being exposed around the peninsula.

August 13, 2022, 2:43pm Business

Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the country’s largest lake, to near its lowest level ever recorded, exposing swaths of previously underwater rocks and warming the water to temperatures that approach the average in the Caribbean Sea. Read story