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Brian Gadzuk, 56, clears out the trunk of his Jeep to make space for a new air conditioning unit in the parking lot of McLendon Hardware in Renton, Wash., on Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Pacific Northwest is bracing for a major heat wave, with temperatures forecast to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) in some places this week as climate change fuels longer hot spells in a region where such events were historically uncommon.

Heat wave to hit Pacific Northwest a year after deadly event

Brian Gadzuk, 56, clears out the trunk of his Jeep to make space for a new air conditioning unit in the parking lot of McLendon Hardware in Renton, Wash., on Sunday, July 24, 2022. The Pacific Northwest is bracing for a major heat wave, with temperatures forecast to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) in some places this week as climate change fuels longer hot spells in a region where such events were historically uncommon.

July 25, 2022, 10:41am Latest News Free

The Pacific Northwest is bracing for a major heat wave, with temperatures forecast to top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) in some places this week as climate change fuels longer hot spells in a region where such events were historically uncommon. Read story

The Oak Fire burns behind a scorched pickup truck in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., early Sunday, July 24, 2022.

Firefighters slow growth of California blaze near Yosemite

The Oak Fire burns behind a scorched pickup truck in the Jerseydale community of Mariposa County, Calif., early Sunday, July 24, 2022.

July 25, 2022, 9:25am Latest News

Firefighters significantly slowed the spread of a smoky wildfire churning through forest near Yosemite National Park that has thousands of residents of remote mountain communities still under evacuation orders on Monday. Read story

Baltimore Orioles head trainer Brian Ebel, left, helps home plate umpire Scott Barry get relief with a wet towel around his head after the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Orioles and the New York Yankees, Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Baltimore. The Yankees won 5-0.

As heat records fall in Northeast, some city dwellers flee

Baltimore Orioles head trainer Brian Ebel, left, helps home plate umpire Scott Barry get relief with a wet towel around his head after the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Orioles and the New York Yankees, Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Baltimore. The Yankees won 5-0.

July 25, 2022, 9:21am Nation & World

It’s not exactly flowing with milk and honey — just ask the area’s struggling black bears — but Promised Land offered respite Sunday for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify. Read story

Vancouver residents Tyler Bacon, 10, left, and his brother Matthew Bacon, 13, cool off at Klineline Park on a hot day in 2016.

Clark County under excessive heat warning as of noon

Vancouver residents Tyler Bacon, 10, left, and his brother Matthew Bacon, 13, cool off at Klineline Park on a hot day in 2016.

July 25, 2022, 7:32am Clark County News Free

An excessive heat warning goes into effect for the Vancouver area and much of Clark County, along with the Columbia River Gorge and the Portland area, at noon today.  Read story

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

Weather Eye: The hot stuff returns today; it will last all week

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

July 24, 2022, 6:01am Clark County News

Get ready for the hot stuff beginning today and lasting all week, probably into next weekend. Read story

FILE - A local resident fights a forest fire with a shovel during a wildfire in Tabara, north-west Spain, July 19, 2022. Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. And, scientists say, they're probably going to get worse as climate change intensifies unless countermeasures are taken.

EXPLAINER: What’s behind Europe’s spate of deadly wildfires?

FILE - A local resident fights a forest fire with a shovel during a wildfire in Tabara, north-west Spain, July 19, 2022. Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. And, scientists say, they're probably going to get worse as climate change intensifies unless countermeasures are taken.

July 22, 2022, 8:41am Nation & World

Major wildfires in Europe are starting earlier in the year, becoming more frequent, doing more damage and getting harder to stop. Read story

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service respond to a home after a tree fell after a storm on Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Birmingham, Ala. Battalion Chief Sebastian Carrillo said they arrived to find the massive tree had smashed into the brick home.

2 babies killed as tree falls in Alabama, 1 dead in Maine

Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service respond to a home after a tree fell after a storm on Thursday, July 21, 2022 in Birmingham, Ala. Battalion Chief Sebastian Carrillo said they arrived to find the massive tree had smashed into the brick home.

July 22, 2022, 8:36am Latest News

Two babies were killed when a huge tree crashed into a home during a storm with wind gusts near 50 mph (80 kph) in Alabama, and officials said a third child was killed by a falling tree in Maine. Read story

Sweltering heat strikes U.S. East Coast, Deep South

July 21, 2022, 11:39am Nation & World

Dangerously high temperatures threatened much of the Northeast and Deep South on Thursday, as huge swaths of the country sweltered under a heat wave that could continue for days and send temperatures soaring in places like Boston, Little Rock and Virginia Beach. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Enjoy next few days, because heat dome likely to arise

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

July 21, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News

No need to tell you it was another hot day on Wednesday, with the thermometer reading 90 degrees at 5 p.m. Tuesday’s high topped out at 90 degrees but the warmest so far this month was 95 degrees on July 11. Read story

A worker sprays water in the street while a road sweeper walks behind her during hot weather in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

Spanish worker’s death shows need to adapt to climate change

A worker sprays water in the street while a road sweeper walks behind her during hot weather in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

July 20, 2022, 8:43am Business

When José Antonio González started his afternoon shift sweeping the streets of Madrid, the temperature was 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) amid a heat wave gripping Spain. Read story