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DNR Hand Crew 411 conducts a burnout operation on Division Kilo near the Vantage Fire's origin area on Monday. (Photo by Bryan Lyle/Courtesy of Kittitas County Sheriff's Office.

Vantage Highway fire causes haze, threatens 40 structures

DNR Hand Crew 411 conducts a burnout operation on Division Kilo near the Vantage Fire's origin area on Monday. (Photo by Bryan Lyle/Courtesy of Kittitas County Sheriff's Office.

August 3, 2022, 9:35am Latest News

VANTAGE — A fire is burning on the western side of the Columbia River north of Vantage along the Vantage Highway, leading to the mobilization of state resources to combat the roughly 10,500-acre blaze which threatened about 40 structures Monday. Read story

A firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., Saturday, July 30, 2022.

McKinney fire has hit the stratosphere, spewing the ‘fire-breathing dragon of clouds’

A firetruck drives along California Highway 96 as the McKinney Fire burns in Klamath National Forest, Calif., Saturday, July 30, 2022.

August 3, 2022, 8:19am Nation & World

A fire big enough to make its own lightning used to be as rare as it sounds. Read story

Paul Sparkman, left, and Danny Laferty, stand next to damaged debris on Laferty's front porch on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Hindman, Ky., as they clean up debris from massive flooding.

Steam bath weather adds to misery after Appalachian flooding

Paul Sparkman, left, and Danny Laferty, stand next to damaged debris on Laferty's front porch on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, in Hindman, Ky., as they clean up debris from massive flooding.

August 3, 2022, 8:15am Nation & World

Temperatures were expected to soar on Wednesday in a region of eastern Kentucky where people are shoveling out from the wreckage of massive flooding, many in places without electricity. Read story

Kingslee licks iced bottle water supplied from an aid station on the corner of Naches Avenue and Pendleton Way on Wednesday July 27, 2022. The site is offering free snacks, cold water and a tent to escape the heat.

Admit it: We weren’t built for this heat in Western Washington

Kingslee licks iced bottle water supplied from an aid station on the corner of Naches Avenue and Pendleton Way on Wednesday July 27, 2022. The site is offering free snacks, cold water and a tent to escape the heat.

August 3, 2022, 6:02am Latest News

No one loves being told they’re wrong — myself included! But we are living in a climate crisis and pandemic, and many long-held strategies for living well on this planet are becoming obsolete. Read story

Orson Lee, who's been homeless for six years, drinks water from a water bottle while outreach worker Mary Guiberson looks on at a park in Burien, Wash. The National Weather Service extended its heat advisory by one more day in the Seattle area. Outreach teams have fanned out to provide water and other aid to the homeless.

Seattle area had six deaths blamed on last week’s heat wave

Orson Lee, who's been homeless for six years, drinks water from a water bottle while outreach worker Mary Guiberson looks on at a park in Burien, Wash. The National Weather Service extended its heat advisory by one more day in the Seattle area. Outreach teams have fanned out to provide water and other aid to the homeless.

August 2, 2022, 3:25pm Latest News

The medical examiner’s office in Washington state's most populous county, which includes Seattle, has reported six heat-related deaths following a heat wave that encompassed much of the Pacific Northwest last week. Read story

Sheriff's Deputy Johnson stands at a burned home as search and rescue workers recover the remains of a McKinney Fire victim on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Klamath National Forest, Calif.

Death toll in Northern California wildfire zone rises to 4

Sheriff's Deputy Johnson stands at a burned home as search and rescue workers recover the remains of a McKinney Fire victim on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Klamath National Forest, Calif.

August 2, 2022, 11:03am Latest News

Two more bodies were found within the burn zone of a huge Northern California wildfire, raising the death toll to four in the state’s largest blaze of the year, authorities said Tuesday. Read story

A truck is washed away by floodwaters in the Troublesome Creek near Main Street, in Hindman, Ky., Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The creek has started to recede, leaving business owners in the town to start cleanup efforts.

After the rain comes the heat in flooded Kentucky towns

A truck is washed away by floodwaters in the Troublesome Creek near Main Street, in Hindman, Ky., Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. The creek has started to recede, leaving business owners in the town to start cleanup efforts.

August 2, 2022, 8:55am Nation & World

The rain that unleashed massive floods in Appalachian mountain communities was diminishing on Tuesday, leaving survivors to face a new threat: baking in the heat as they try to recover. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Enjoy respite, because hot weather is coming back

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

August 2, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

Atmospheric chaos. Cool air along the coast, unstable monsoonal moisture from California and the desert Southwest. Result? Increased humidity, poor air quality and sprinkles of brief heavy showers. Fog along the coast. Thunderstorms over and east of the Cascades. Read story

Richard Henry, of Lewiston, sits on stacks of beer cases as he takes a break from loading the beer into a cooler for Saturday's Snake River Rock Festival at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday, July 29, 2022. With triple-digit temperatures expected, the festival will be selling $1 water, and have misters and misting tents.

At least 14 potential heat deaths in Oregon after hot spell

Richard Henry, of Lewiston, sits on stacks of beer cases as he takes a break from loading the beer into a cooler for Saturday's Snake River Rock Festival at the Nez Perce County Fairgrounds in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday, July 29, 2022. With triple-digit temperatures expected, the festival will be selling $1 water, and have misters and misting tents.

August 1, 2022, 3:47pm Latest News

Oregon authorities are investigating four additional deaths potentially linked to last week’s scorching heat wave, bringing the total number of suspected hyperthermia deaths to 14. Read story

A firefighter battling the McKinney Fire protects a cabin in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

2 bodies found in burned vehicle in California wildfire zone

A firefighter battling the McKinney Fire protects a cabin in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

August 1, 2022, 1:35pm Latest News

Two bodies were found inside a charred vehicle in a driveway in the wildfire zone of a raging California blaze that was among several menacing thousands of homes Monday in the western U.S., officials said. Hot and gusty weather and lightning storms threatened to boost the danger that the fires… Read story