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Weather & Climate

Weather Eye: April’s dryness expected to end this weekend as rain moves in

April 22, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

Our long dry spell will come to an end by Friday night as finally a weather system will push clouds and rain inland from the coast. Earlier in the week, rainfall amounts were uncertain, but forecast models are coming to a better agreement. Locally, we could see a quarter-inch to… Read story

Crews on Auburn brush fire hoping for cooler, wetter weather

April 21, 2021, 10:33am Northwest

A brush fire that started Sunday with an out-of-control burn pile near Auburn was 75% contained as of Tuesday evening but still burning, according to Mountain View Fire & Rescue. Read story

Weather Eye: Enjoy warm days, easterly winds before showers

April 20, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News

Let’s catch up and see how much rain fell in March around the area from your friends and neighbors. Rob Starr, Cougar, 6.96 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lake Shore, 1.49 inches; Larry Lebsack, Barberton, 2.41 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 2.76 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 4.48 inches; Judy Weber, Fargher… Read story

The view from Eielson visitor center in Denali National Park.

Denali glacier speeding downhill

The view from Eielson visitor center in Denali National Park.

April 20, 2021, 6:02am Life

A Denali glacier suddenly moving at a speedier clip is intriguing scientists, increasing the risk of nearby flooding and potentially closing off some climbing routes on the mountain this season. Read story

Lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona.

West prepares for water shortage declaration

Lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona.

April 19, 2021, 6:45pm Nation & World

The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, dropping to levels that could trigger the federal government’s first-ever official shortage declaration and prompt cuts in Arizona and Nevada. Read story

Wildfires in April: Klamath County blaze scorches 1,200 acres

April 19, 2021, 8:00am Northwest

Klamath County Sheriff deputies are evacuating homes in a remote corner of Klamath County as another April wildfire has broken out in Oregon amid dry, warm and windy conditions. Read story

Fire crews battle brush fire in Auburn amid hot temperatures, wind

April 19, 2021, 7:59am Latest News

A burn pile that got out of control Sunday evening triggered a brush fire that burned up a steep hillside near homes along Green Valley Road between Auburn and Black Diamond. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Vancouver is on track for its driest April ever

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

April 18, 2021, 6:02am Clark County News

Did you enjoy the 80-degree day Saturday? At 2:53 p.m., Vancouver reached that magic temperature for the first time this year. At 5 p.m., the high reached 83 degrees, just short of the record 85 degrees in 1897. Friday was close but topped out at 79 degrees, while many of… Read story

Snow covers daffodils during a spring storm, Friday, April 16, 2021, in in East Derry, N.H. Some portions of New England received about a half a foot of snow from the storm.

Heavy, wet snow shows another side of spring in New England

Snow covers daffodils during a spring storm, Friday, April 16, 2021, in in East Derry, N.H. Some portions of New England received about a half a foot of snow from the storm.

April 16, 2021, 11:31am Nation & World

New Englanders who had enjoyed an early spring were brought back to a cold, blustery reality Friday with a storm packing powerful wind gusts, lashing rain and heavy, wet snow. Read story

In this 2020 satellite image provided by the Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas, runoff from the island of Molokai in Hawaii flows into the ocean. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage. But extreme regional rain events that are predicted to become more common with global warming do not only wreak havoc on land, the runoff from these increasingly severe storms is also threatening Hawaii's coral reefs.

Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs

In this 2020 satellite image provided by the Arizona State University's Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science, Allen Coral Atlas, runoff from the island of Molokai in Hawaii flows into the ocean. Recent flooding in Hawaii caused widespread and obvious damage. But extreme regional rain events that are predicted to become more common with global warming do not only wreak havoc on land, the runoff from these increasingly severe storms is also threatening Hawaii's coral reefs.

April 15, 2021, 5:33pm Nation & World

As muddy rainwater surged from Hawaii's steep seaside mountains and inundated residential communities last month, the damage caused by flooding was obvious — houses were destroyed and businesses swamped, landslides covered highways and raging rivers and streams were clogged with debris. Read story