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A broken tree rests on the side of the road Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, near Snoqualmie, Wash., as a series of storms moved through the area.

Bomb cyclone winds stressed Pacific Northwest trees early this year, while still full of leaves

A broken tree rests on the side of the road Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, near Snoqualmie, Wash., as a series of storms moved through the area.

October 29, 2021, 7:43am Latest News

Tom Hinckley kicked through leaves on a sopping morning at the Washington Park Arboretum. Read story

A large tree uprooted onto Rt. 132 bringing down a massive array of power onto the roadway, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Sandwich, Mass. Utility crews had to wait for the winds to subside before they could go up in bucket trucks to repair the damage.

Outages persist after nor’easter batters New England

A large tree uprooted onto Rt. 132 bringing down a massive array of power onto the roadway, on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in Sandwich, Mass. Utility crews had to wait for the winds to subside before they could go up in bucket trucks to repair the damage.

October 28, 2021, 8:48am Nation & World

Utility crews worked Thursday to restore power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in New England after a nor’easter battered the coast with hurricane-force wind gusts. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Rain should end Friday, making Halloween a treat

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

October 28, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

Only a few days left in October and as of 4 p.m. Wednesday Vancouver was running one-half inch of rain above average. That is good. More rain today and tonight ending on Friday. So, we get one last opportunity to add to our total as the weekend looks to be… Read story

A car making its way across the Gooseberry Island causeway, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Westport, Mass., is covered by a large wave, as a nor'easter makes its way across the northeast.

Nor’easter cuts power to over half-million homes, businesses

A car making its way across the Gooseberry Island causeway, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Westport, Mass., is covered by a large wave, as a nor'easter makes its way across the northeast.

October 27, 2021, 9:35am Nation & World

A nor’easter that battered the Atlantic coast with hurricane-force wind gusts left more than a half-million homes and businesses without power in New England and forced the closure of bridges, ferries and schools in the region Wednesday. Read story

The North Fork of the Kaweah River, which flows from Sequoia National Park, is seen swollen with frothy, black water, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Three Rivers, Calif.

Atmospheric river doesn’t quench California’s drought

The North Fork of the Kaweah River, which flows from Sequoia National Park, is seen swollen with frothy, black water, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Three Rivers, Calif.

October 26, 2021, 7:57pm Nation & World

The deluge California received from a powerful atmospheric river made streams and waterfalls come alive while coating mountains with snow, but as the storm headed east to the Plains on Tuesday it left the Golden State still deep in drought. Read story

Brad White, of Marshfield, Mass., secures lines for his 33-foot vessel White Cap, at Mill Wharf Marina, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Scituate, Mass. Authorities say a powerful autumn storm is bearing down on southern New England, packing potentially damaging winds and threatening to dump as much as six inches of rain in some areas from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, Oct. 27. White, a licensed captain, who has been sailing out of Scituate for over 50 years, operates a service called New England Burials At Sea LLC, that provides ash scattering and full body burials at sea.

Flooding, outages expected as big storm lashes US Northeast

Brad White, of Marshfield, Mass., secures lines for his 33-foot vessel White Cap, at Mill Wharf Marina, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, in Scituate, Mass. Authorities say a powerful autumn storm is bearing down on southern New England, packing potentially damaging winds and threatening to dump as much as six inches of rain in some areas from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, Oct. 27. White, a licensed captain, who has been sailing out of Scituate for over 50 years, operates a service called New England Burials At Sea LLC, that provides ash scattering and full body burials at sea.

October 26, 2021, 10:58am Nation & World

A powerful nor’easter began barreling up the U.S. Northeast coast Tuesday, with officials warning it could bring intense flooding, hurricane-force wind gusts and widespread power outages. Read story

The North Fork of the Kaweah River, which flows from Sequoia National Park, is seen swollen with frothy, black water, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Three Rivers, Calif.

‘Atmospheric river’ drenches drought-stricken California

The North Fork of the Kaweah River, which flows from Sequoia National Park, is seen swollen with frothy, black water, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Three Rivers, Calif.

October 26, 2021, 10:44am Nation & World

A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records and helped douse wildfires. But it remained to be seen how much of a dent it made in the state's drought. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Rain, gusty winds should be over by the weekend

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

October 26, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News

That deep low-pressure system off our coast over the weekend turned out to be quite a storm but mostly along the immediate coast. The strongest wind gusts in the state I could easily find was 86 mph around 9 p.m. Sunday in Ocean Park on the Long Beach Peninsula. It… Read story

A tree service worker cuts limbs that are threatening power lines at a residence on Milk Rd. NE in Woodinville, Wash., in an area without power Monday, Oct. 25, 2021.

Power outages continue in Northwest following wind storm

A tree service worker cuts limbs that are threatening power lines at a residence on Milk Rd. NE in Woodinville, Wash., in an area without power Monday, Oct. 25, 2021.

October 25, 2021, 2:15pm Latest News

Thousands of people remained without power Monday afternoon following a strong Pacific storm system that downed trees and power lines. Read story

Caltrans maintenance supervisor Matt Martin walks by a landslide covering Highway 70 in the Dixie Fire zone on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. Heavy rains blanketing Northern California created slide and flood hazards in land scorched during last summer's wildfires.

Drought-stricken California pounded by massive storm

Caltrans maintenance supervisor Matt Martin walks by a landslide covering Highway 70 in the Dixie Fire zone on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Plumas County, Calif. Heavy rains blanketing Northern California created slide and flood hazards in land scorched during last summer's wildfires.

October 25, 2021, 12:05pm Nation & World

A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday after flooding highways, toppling trees, cutting power and causing rock slides and mud flows in areas burned bare by wildfires across the northern half of the state. Read story