August 17, 2021, 1:30pm Nation & World
Tropical Storm Fred weakened to a depression and spawned several apparent tornadoes in Georgia on Tuesday as it dumped heavy rains into the Appalachian mountains along a path that could cause flash floods as far north as upstate New York. Read story
August 17, 2021, 1:02pm Latest News
Firefighters faced more dangerously windy weather Tuesday as they struggled to keep the nation’s largest wildfire from moving toward a Northern California county seat and other small mountain communities. Read story
August 17, 2021, 8:37am Nation & World
Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Grace forced a temporary halt Tuesday to the Haitian government's response to the deadly weekend earthquake, feeding the growing anger and frustration among thousands who were left homeless. Read story
August 17, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News
Despite a few sprinkles now and then which ended our dry spell earlier this month, Olympia is still going strong as of 5 p.m. Monday. They have not recorded any measurable rainfall since June 15. Most cities in Western Washington had measurable rain except our state capital. Read story
August 16, 2021, 4:56pm Nation & World
Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday from the severe flooding that devastated parts of Turkey’s Black Sea coast last week, bringing the death toll to 77, officials said. Read story
August 16, 2021, 12:36pm Latest News
As the Cedar Creek fire burns through the wilderness just west of this heavily touristed North Central Washington town, firefighters have used a kaleidoscope of sensors mounted on satellites, aircraft and drones to keep tabs on the blaze. Read story
August 16, 2021, 8:42am Nation & World
Tropical Depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching for survivors of a 7.2 earthquake. Tropical Storm Fred was strengthening off the northwest Florida coast, where forecasters said it… Read story
August 16, 2021, 7:39am Northwest
Sunday was the hottest Aug. 15 on record in Yakima, topping out at an unofficial 103 degrees. Read story
August 15, 2021, 12:30pm Nation & World
Drought across the Western U.S. has forced California to ration water to farms. Hydroelectric dams barely work. The smallest spark — from a lawnmower or even a flat tire — can explode into a wildfire. Read story
August 15, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News
As we thought, that pesky wildfire smoke arrived and polluted our air even at lower levels at times. The smoke was so dense aloft that it blocked the sun: We never reached 100 degrees as forecast on Friday, topping out at 95. We managed 101 degrees on Wednesday and 103… Read story
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