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Rising water from the Mississippi River envelopes the riverbank, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn.

Few have flood insurance to help recover from devastating Midwest storms

Rising water from the Mississippi River envelopes the riverbank, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul, Minn.

June 29, 2024, 5:23am Business

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Rick Satterwhite’s house backs up to the Missouri River, but flood insurance hadn’t really seemed necessary – until this week, when he had to pump water out of his basement after a round of destructive storms. Read story

FILE - The border between the United States and Mexico, at right, cuts through the Sonoran Desert at the base of the Baboquivari Mountains, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Sasabe, Ariz. The bodies of three Mexican migrants have brern found Wednesday, June 27, 2024, in the Sonoran Desert near the Arizona-Mexico border as temperatures hit the triple digits across parts of the Southwest.

Scorching heat in the US Southwest kills three migrants in the desert near the Arizona-Mexico border

FILE - The border between the United States and Mexico, at right, cuts through the Sonoran Desert at the base of the Baboquivari Mountains, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, near Sasabe, Ariz. The bodies of three Mexican migrants have brern found Wednesday, June 27, 2024, in the Sonoran Desert near the Arizona-Mexico border as temperatures hit the triple digits across parts of the Southwest.

June 28, 2024, 1:14pm Nation & World

Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border as high temperatures soar well into the triple digits across parts of the Southwest. Read story

Floodwater continues to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam, Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Mankato, Minn. Water breached the earthen abutment early Monday morning and rapidly eroded the west bank of the Blue Earth River.

Severe weather wreaks havoc across the US — from Midwest flooding to deadly Northeast storms

Floodwater continues to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam, Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Mankato, Minn. Water breached the earthen abutment early Monday morning and rapidly eroded the west bank of the Blue Earth River.

June 28, 2024, 8:39am Nation & World

Severe weather over days has caused havoc and destruction across the U.S. That includes torrential rains and flooding in the Upper Midwest and powerful storms in the Northeast that left a least two people dead from falling trees. Read story

Floodwater continues to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam, Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Mankato, Minn. Water breached the earthen abutment early Monday morning and rapidly eroded the west bank of the Blue Earth River.

Severe weather wreaks havoc across the U.S. — from Midwest flooding to deadly Northeast storms

Floodwater continues to carve a channel around the Rapidan Dam, Thursday, June 27, 2024, near Mankato, Minn. Water breached the earthen abutment early Monday morning and rapidly eroded the west bank of the Blue Earth River.

June 27, 2024, 3:51pm Nation & World

Severe weather over days has caused havoc and destruction across the U.S. That includes torrential rains and flooding in the Upper Midwest and powerful storms in the Northeast that left a least two people dead from falling trees. Read story

This long-exposure drone photo provided by AW Aerial shows a home as it teeters before partially collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Rapidan, Minn., Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Minnesota family that lost home to flood vows to reopen store as more storms hit the northeast

This long-exposure drone photo provided by AW Aerial shows a home as it teeters before partially collapsing into the Blue Earth River at the Rapidan Dam in Rapidan, Minn., Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

June 27, 2024, 9:13am Nation & World

A family that watched their home collapse into a flooded river near an at-risk Minnesota dam is vowing to reopen their nearby store to sell its homemade pie and burgers. The family is optimistic even as severe weather ravages much of the country, including in the northeast where one person… Read story

Workers monitor electricity production at Avangrid's green energy sites across the country Tuesday from the company's National Control Center in Vancouver. The company produces energy for millions of homes across the country.

Avangrid sends 9,000 megawatts of green energy across the U.S.; its control center is in Vancouver

Workers monitor electricity production at Avangrid's green energy sites across the country Tuesday from the company's National Control Center in Vancouver. The company produces energy for millions of homes across the country.

June 27, 2024, 6:08am Business

As some continue to question whether green technologies can translate into well-paying jobs, Avangrid, a sustainable energy company, has steadily been proving they can. The company, based in Orange, Conn., has brought jobs to Clark County. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Experts predict summer months will be ‘normal’

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

June 27, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Looking out my window late Wednesday afternoon writing my column, I sure saw some dark threatening clouds scattered about the county. You may have observed a sprinkle or light shower especially over and near the foothills. Yep, another trough of low pressure was moving across Western Washington. Read story

In this photo provided by the Deschutes County Sherriff&rsquo;s Office, smoke rises from a wildfire near La Pine, Oregon, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Gusty winds fueled a rapidly growing wildfire just outside the central Oregon community of La Pine and prompted evacuations. (Sgt.

Wind-driven wildfire spreads near popular vacation destination Bend and prompts evacuations

In this photo provided by the Deschutes County Sherriff&rsquo;s Office, smoke rises from a wildfire near La Pine, Oregon, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Gusty winds fueled a rapidly growing wildfire just outside the central Oregon community of La Pine and prompted evacuations. (Sgt.

June 26, 2024, 1:47pm Latest News

A wildfire in Oregon’s high desert, near the popular vacation destination of Bend, grew rapidly Wednesday, and officials urged the continued evacuations of hundreds of homes in the area best known for its microbreweries, hiking, river rafting and skiing on nearby Mount Bachelor. Read story

Onlookers take in the catastrophic damage to the Rapidan Dam site in Rapidan, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Debris blocked the dam forcing the heavily backed up waters of the Blue Earth River to reroute along the bank nearest the Dam Store.

Swollen river claims house next to Minnesota dam as flooding and extreme weather grips the Midwest

Onlookers take in the catastrophic damage to the Rapidan Dam site in Rapidan, Minn., Monday, June 24, 2024. Debris blocked the dam forcing the heavily backed up waters of the Blue Earth River to reroute along the bank nearest the Dam Store.

June 26, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World

A house that was teetering on the edge of an eroding riverbank near a Minnesota dam collapsed into the river in the latest jarring example of extreme weather gripping the upper Midwest. Read story

The West is warming and drying so fast that a crucial drought-monitoring tool can’t keep up, study says

June 26, 2024, 8:30am Nation & World

Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can’t keep up. Read story