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Red Flag warning issued for most of Eastern Washington

August 31, 2021, 7:41am Northwest

A red flag warning was issued for nearly all of Eastern Washington Monday by the National Weather Service. Read story

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

Weather Eye: After transition to 70s today, enjoy 80-degree days

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

August 31, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

So much weather news, I forgot to share an interesting weather record with you on Sunday. Olympia had their dry streak running at 71 days Thursday when a dark cloud hovered over the rain gauge at the airport and deposited, are you ready? Only 0.01 of an inch. Read story

Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest, Calif.

Thousands rush to flee Lake Tahoe resort city as fire nears

Seen in a long camera exposure, the Caldor Fire burns on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Eldorado National Forest, Calif.

August 30, 2021, 12:45pm Latest News

Thousands of people rushed to get out of South Lake Tahoe as the entire tourist resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward the large freshwater lake of Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada. Read story

Police look through debris after a building collapsed from the effects of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in New Orleans, La. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction.

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

Police look through debris after a building collapsed from the effects of Hurricane Ida, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in New Orleans, La. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction.

August 30, 2021, 8:55am Latest News

Rescuers set out in hundreds of boats and helicopters to reach people trapped by floodwaters Monday, and utility repair crews rushed in, after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast and made a shambles of the electrical grid in the sticky, late-summer heat. Read story

This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows severe weather systems, Hurricane Nora, upper left, and Hurricane Ida, upper right, over the North American continent on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Hurricane Nora is churning northward up Mexico's Pacific Coast toward the narrow Gulf of California, after making a sweep past the Puerto Vallarta area.

Tropical Storm Nora facing, after leaving 1 dead, 7 missing

This image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows severe weather systems, Hurricane Nora, upper left, and Hurricane Ida, upper right, over the North American continent on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Hurricane Nora is churning northward up Mexico's Pacific Coast toward the narrow Gulf of California, after making a sweep past the Puerto Vallarta area.

August 30, 2021, 8:19am Nation & World

Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane that set off floods and landslides on Mexico’s Pacific coast, caused havoc in Puerta Vallarta and left at least one dead and seven missing. Read story

Floods more likely due to climate change

August 30, 2021, 6:07am Nation & World

Scientists say that global warming makes the kind of extreme rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding in western Europe last month more likely, though it remains unclear exactly how much. Read story

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

Weather Eye: La Nina could bring cooler winter with plenty of snow

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

August 29, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

I’m getting so excited as the first day of the meteorological beginning of autumn arrives Wednesday. Fall is my favorite time of the year. Read story

Hurricane Nora on track to skirt along Mexico’s coast

August 28, 2021, 2:00pm Nation & World

Hurricane Nora on Saturday formed in the eastern Pacific and approached Mexico's Puerto Vallarta area, ahead of a close encounter with resorts at the tip of Baja California Peninsula. Read story

Vehicles head slowly east on the Interstate-10 twin spans leaving New Orleans while only a trickle of cars heads west back into the city before landfall of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

A Hurricane Ida wildcard: Effects on U.S. energy supply

Vehicles head slowly east on the Interstate-10 twin spans leaving New Orleans while only a trickle of cars heads west back into the city before landfall of Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021.

August 28, 2021, 1:59pm Business

Companies evacuated oil and gas platforms south of Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida but a far greater worry was potential damage to refineries and petrochemical plants in its projected path from flooding and storm surge. Read story

Storm shutters are hammered closed on a 100-year-old house, Friday, August 27, 2021, in New Orleans, as residents prepare for Hurricane Ida.

Ida aims to hit New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina anniversary

Storm shutters are hammered closed on a 100-year-old house, Friday, August 27, 2021, in New Orleans, as residents prepare for Hurricane Ida.

August 27, 2021, 1:32pm Nation & World

Hurricane Ida struck Cuba on Friday as a rapidly intensifying storm that could speed across warm Gulf waters and slam into Louisiana as a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday, the National Hurricane Center warned. Read story