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Charles Stuart of Vancouver, right, cools off with an orange popsicle while taking refuge from the heat at the Living Hope Church cooling center on June 28.

Clark County cooling centers open with heat setting in

Charles Stuart of Vancouver, right, cools off with an orange popsicle while taking refuge from the heat at the Living Hope Church cooling center on June 28.

July 29, 2021, 9:39am Clark County Health

With temperatures expected in the high 90s and low triple digits starting today, cooling centers and services are open around the county.  Read story

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

Weather Eye: Today, Friday hot; slightly cooler for weekend

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

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

Hot weather today and Friday with mid-90s today and upper 90s and maybe touching the 100-degree mark Friday. We’ll have cooler temperatures on Saturday in the low 90s and then back to the 80s for Sunday and beyond. Read story

A damaged car and other debris are strewn across a soccer stadium playing field after flooding in Vaux-sous-Chevremont, Belgium, Saturday, July 24, 2021. Residents were still cleaning up after heavy rainfall hit the country causing flooding in several regions.

Belgian prosecutor opens criminal inquiry into deadly floods

A damaged car and other debris are strewn across a soccer stadium playing field after flooding in Vaux-sous-Chevremont, Belgium, Saturday, July 24, 2021. Residents were still cleaning up after heavy rainfall hit the country causing flooding in several regions.

July 28, 2021, 8:32am Nation & World

Prosecutors in Belgium have opened an investigation into the deadly floods that ravaged several towns this month and left 37 people dead in the country. Read story

NWS issues heat watch for Clark County, starts Thursday morning

July 28, 2021, 7:31am Clark County News

The National Weather Service in Portland has issued an excessive heat watch for the Vancouver-Portland area, the Columbia River Gorge, the Willamette Valley and the south Washington Cascade foothills. The heat watch goes into effect Thursday morning and continues through Saturday evening.  Read story

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

Weather Eye: Sunny, warm summer reigns as dry July continues

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

July 27, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

We turn the thermostat upward the next few days but this thermostat does not have 100 on the dial, so we escape that excessive heat. However, it will be in the mid- to upper 90s, possibly reaching a tad under 100 at 98 or 99 degrees in some locations. Hot… Read story

Following the Dixie Fire, scorched cars are seen in a clearing in the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, Calif., on Sunday, July 25, 2021.

Winds stoke California’s largest fire as blazes scorch West

Following the Dixie Fire, scorched cars are seen in a clearing in the Indian Falls community of Plumas County, Calif., on Sunday, July 25, 2021.

July 26, 2021, 1:09pm Latest News

Erratic winds and the potential for dry lightning added to the challenges facing firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire, one of numerous blazes burning Monday across the U.S. West. Read story

Evacuation orders issued for two fires in northern Spokane County

July 26, 2021, 10:05am Latest News

Firefighters were battling hard Sunday night to save homes in northern Spokane County as two fast-moving fires broke out in northern Spokane County. Read story

People walk in the flooded road after record downpours in Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, on July 20, 2021.

Heat, floods, fires: Jet stream is key link in climate disasters

People walk in the flooded road after record downpours in Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, on July 20, 2021.

July 25, 2021, 1:05pm Nation & World

Devastating floods destroyed towns in Germany and Belgium. A ruthless heat wave broiled the Western U.S. and Canada. Heavy rains paralyzed a Chinese industrial hub home to 10 million people. These recent weather phenomena are being intensified by the changing climate. Read story

Satellite imagery shows Shasta Lake in July 2019, left, and June 2021. The state???s largest reservoir is at about 35% of its capacity, officials said.

Dramatic photos from NASA highlight severity of California’s drought

Satellite imagery shows Shasta Lake in July 2019, left, and June 2021. The state???s largest reservoir is at about 35% of its capacity, officials said.

July 25, 2021, 12:31pm Nation & World

As the West descends deeper into drought, climate and water experts are growing increasingly alarmed by California’s severely shriveling reservoirs. Read story

Bushwhacking through thick forest, Cascade Forest Conservancy intern Christian Villanueva, left, and science and restoration manager Suzanne Whitney use an iPad GPS system to track their location, and their own eyeballs to spot their next towering ponderosa pine tree. Volunteers went entirely off-trail and negotiated punishingly thick underbrush to find the giant pines.

Volunteers endure heat, rough conditions to protect Gifford Pinchot’s ponderosa pines

Bushwhacking through thick forest, Cascade Forest Conservancy intern Christian Villanueva, left, and science and restoration manager Suzanne Whitney use an iPad GPS system to track their location, and their own eyeballs to spot their next towering ponderosa pine tree. Volunteers went entirely off-trail and negotiated punishingly thick underbrush to find the giant pines.

July 25, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

To find the tallest trees, you’ve got to look up. Read story