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Authorities warn Northwest swimmers to beware of risky waters

June 25, 2022, 5:18pm Northwest

Authorities are warning recreationists to be wary of risky waterways as hot weather hits part of the Pacific Northwest. Read story

FILE - A man walks in the water as the sun rises above the Miribel lake, outside Lyon, central France, Saturday, June 18, 2022. A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia, Europe and even the Arctic.

Summer swelter: Persistent heat wave breaks records, spirits

FILE - A man walks in the water as the sun rises above the Miribel lake, outside Lyon, central France, Saturday, June 18, 2022. A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the US, Asia, Europe and even the Arctic.

June 24, 2022, 8:59am Nation & World

From the normally chilly Russian Arctic to the traditionally sweltering American South, big swaths of the Northern Hemisphere continued to sizzle with extreme heat as the start of summer more resembled the dog days of August with parts of China and Japan setting all-time heat records Friday. Read story

Turkey battles wind-driven wildfire near resort for 3rd day

June 23, 2022, 9:18am Nation & World

Firefighting crews battle for a third day on Thursday a wind-driven wildfire that has blackened swaths of pine forest near a popular resort in southwestern Turkey and driven dozens of people from their homes. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Week goes from warm to hot over next several days

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

June 23, 2022, 6:00am Clark County News

Well, that happened quickly. No sooner did summer officially hit, than our high temperature jumped. Vancouver’s high of 82 on Tuesday was only the second 80-degree day of the month. I also hate to say it was the warmest official day of the entire year. We had only one other… Read story

Muris Demirovic waits by his rental car outside Yellowstone National Park for the entrance gate to open, Wednesday June 22, 2022, near Wapiti, Wyo. Demirovic said he was supposed to leave the area earlier in the week but extended his trip to get in the park when it partially reopened after flood damage forced it to close last week.

Yellowstone park reopens after changes wrought by flood

Muris Demirovic waits by his rental car outside Yellowstone National Park for the entrance gate to open, Wednesday June 22, 2022, near Wapiti, Wyo. Demirovic said he was supposed to leave the area earlier in the week but extended his trip to get in the park when it partially reopened after flood damage forced it to close last week.

June 22, 2022, 8:54am Nation & World

Visitors returned Wednesday morning to a changed landscape in Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened following record floods that reshaped the park’s rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come. Read story

Flood affected people wait to receive relief material in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Climate change a factor in ‘unprecedented’ South Asia floods

Flood affected people wait to receive relief material in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

June 22, 2022, 8:38am Nation & World

Scientists say climate change is a factor behind the erratic and early rains that triggered unprecedented floods in Bangladesh and northeastern India, killing dozens and making lives miserable for millions of others. Read story

Unlike much of the country, the Pacific Northwest has had a long stretch of cooler-than-normal weather this month, and after months of heavy rain, many people are excited for some fun in the sun.

Clark County to see warm weather, hot weekend, weather service says

Unlike much of the country, the Pacific Northwest has had a long stretch of cooler-than-normal weather this month, and after months of heavy rain, many people are excited for some fun in the sun.

June 21, 2022, 4:39pm Clark County News

Warmer weather is finally here, and right on time for the first day of summer Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Carson Hot Shots Tyler Freeman works to keep a burning log from rolling down a slope, May 23, 2022, as he and his co-workers work on hot spots from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in the Carson National Forest west of Chacon, N.M. The U.S. Forest Service is acknowledging multiple miscalculations, inaccurate models and a lack of understanding of just how dry things are in the Southwest in a review of a planned burn that turned into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history. The agency on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, released the findings after investigating the decisions that led up to igniting a prescribed fire that was meant to remove vegetation in an effort to reduce the wildfire threat in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in northern New Mexico.

Miscalculations, errors blamed for massive New Mexico blaze

FILE - Carson Hot Shots Tyler Freeman works to keep a burning log from rolling down a slope, May 23, 2022, as he and his co-workers work on hot spots from the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire in the Carson National Forest west of Chacon, N.M. The U.S. Forest Service is acknowledging multiple miscalculations, inaccurate models and a lack of understanding of just how dry things are in the Southwest in a review of a planned burn that turned into the largest blaze in New Mexico's recorded history. The agency on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, released the findings after investigating the decisions that led up to igniting a prescribed fire that was meant to remove vegetation in an effort to reduce the wildfire threat in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in northern New Mexico.

June 21, 2022, 12:02pm Nation & World

U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. Read story

A flood affected family waits for the help at marooned Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Authorities in India and Bangladesh are struggling to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in days of flooding that have submerged wide swaths of the countries. The floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people, marooned millions and flooded millions of houses.

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods

A flood affected family waits for the help at marooned Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Authorities in India and Bangladesh are struggling to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in days of flooding that have submerged wide swaths of the countries. The floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people, marooned millions and flooded millions of houses.

June 21, 2022, 8:23am Nation & World

Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh crowded makeshift refugee centers and scrambled to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and displaced hundreds of thousands there and in neighboring India, continued to wreak havoc Tuesday. Read story

Neighbors wait with plastic containers in hand to collect water at a public collection point in Monterrey, Mexico, Monday, June 20, 2022. Local authorities began restricting water supplies in March, as a combination of an intense drought, poor planning and high use has left the three dams that help supply the city dried up, with thousands of homes not receiving any water for weeks.

Monterrey suffers weeks-long water cutoff amid drought

Neighbors wait with plastic containers in hand to collect water at a public collection point in Monterrey, Mexico, Monday, June 20, 2022. Local authorities began restricting water supplies in March, as a combination of an intense drought, poor planning and high use has left the three dams that help supply the city dried up, with thousands of homes not receiving any water for weeks.

June 21, 2022, 8:20am Nation & World

The industrial hub of Monterrey has long been one of Mexico’s most prosperous cities, so its almost 5 million residents were shocked when they lost the most basic of services: water. Read story