Weather & Climate

A boy looks out from behind a brick wall at the damaged Peter S. Ogden Elementary School.

Deadly 1972 tornado left its mark on Vancouver

April 3, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Survivors, relatives of victims of deadly tornado vividly recall events of 50 years ago Read story

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

Weather Eye: April showers have arrived, right on schedule

April 3, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

The weather forecast is going as we discussed Thursday, with a juicy storm to our west. Those storm clouds will be rolling in today, with rain beginning by late afternoon or this evening. Read story

FILE - In this photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, left, to right, Lauren Alkire, Nick Ellis, and Sean de Guzman, manager of snow surveys and water supply forecasting unit, conduct the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., March 1, 2022. The department will conduct a manual measurement on a snow course in the Sierra Nevada on Friday, April 1, 2022, and announce the status of the statewide snowpack after historically dry winter conditions.

California drought deepens as wet season is anything but

April 1, 2022, 1:11pm Nation & World

California is experiencing one of the driest starts to spring in decades, data showed Friday, and absent a heavy dose of April and May showers the state’s drought will deepen and that could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season. Read story

From left, Laura Tyson, Tod Smith and Rebecca Caldwell, residents of Eldorado Springs, watch as the NCAR fire burns in the foothills south of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. The NCAR fire prompted evacuations in south Boulder and pre-evacuation warning for Eldorado Springs. According to a study published in Science Advances on Friday, April 1, 2022, a one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence. (Helen H.

Fire and rain: West to get more one-two extreme climate hits

April 1, 2022, 1:08pm Latest News

The one-two punch of nasty wildfires followed by heavy downpours, triggering flooding and mudslides, will strike the U.S. West far more often in a warming-hopped world, becoming a frequent occurrence, a new study said. Read story

A house on Summer Street, just north of Winter Street, in Jackson, Miss., was heavily damaged by a downed tree during severe weather that moved through the city Wednesday, March 30, 2022.(Barbara Gauntt/The Clarion-Ledger via AP)

Severe storms pummel South killing at least 2 in Florida

March 31, 2022, 1:13pm Nation & World

A line of severe storms packing isolated tornadoes and high winds ripped across the Deep South overnight — killing at least two in the Florida Panhandle, toppling trees and power lines and leaving homes and businesses damaged as the vast weather front raced across several states. Read story

Crews work to contain wildfire near Smoky Mountains

A helicopter dumps water onto a wildfire Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Sevierville, Tenn.

March 31, 2022, 11:12am Nation & World

Firefighters from across Tennessee continued working Thursday morning to contain a wildfire near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that spread overnight despite rain from storms that passed through the area, officials said. Read story

Possible tornado hits Arkansas, Deep South braces for storms

March 30, 2022, 12:20pm Nation & World

Severe storms that included at least one tornado injured several people, damaged homes and businesses and downed power lines in Arkansas and Missouri overnight as twisters and hurricane-force winds were forecast in much of the Deep South on Wednesday. Read story