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Weather & Climate

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

Weather Eye: Expect partly cloudy, cooler next seven days

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

May 16, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Late afternoon temperatures Wednesday were hovering in the low 80s in most areas of Clark County. Officially in Vancouver the thermometer reached 82 degrees. Feels like summer again, doesn’t it? It was also our eighth day without measurable rain. If you like it cooler and I’m sure those newly transplanted… Read story

Fire threat eases near Canada’s oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms

May 15, 2024, 8:37pm Nation & World

The threat from a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Read story

In addition to a tree from a neighbor&rsquo;s yard falling on their south Jackson, Miss., house, heavy rain caused flooding around the home of the Brown-Rankin family, May 13, 2024.

At least 1 dead after severe storms roll through Louisiana, other southern states

In addition to a tree from a neighbor&rsquo;s yard falling on their south Jackson, Miss., house, heavy rain caused flooding around the home of the Brown-Rankin family, May 13, 2024.

May 14, 2024, 9:07am Nation & World

At least one person is dead in Louisiana after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. Read story

FILE - A woman watches the sun set on a hot day, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. A new study on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.

Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1

FILE - A woman watches the sun set on a hot day, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. A new study on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.

May 14, 2024, 9:03am Latest News

The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. Read story

A general view of a large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured in the accident.

Billboard that collapsed in Mumbai storms killed at least 14 and injured 75

A general view of a large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured in the accident.

May 14, 2024, 8:42am Nation & World

A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Delightful mild, dry May weather continues this week

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

May 14, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

We had a new record high temperature for Friday, May 10 in Vancouver. It was 90 degrees, surpassing the old record by one degree set back in 1941. On Saturday it was hot again, but we failed to officially reach 90 degrees and finished with 89 degrees, short of the… Read story

This photo provided by the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship shows a wildfire,  Aurora Borealis  overhead, near Fort Nelson, British Columbia Saturday, May 11, 2024. An intense wildfire could hit a town in western Canada on Monday, based on forecasts of strong winds that have been fueling the out-of-control blaze which has already forced the evacuation of thousands, fire experts and officials warned.

A town in western Canada prepares for a possible ‘last stand’ as wildfires rage in British Columbia

This photo provided by the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship shows a wildfire,  Aurora Borealis  overhead, near Fort Nelson, British Columbia Saturday, May 11, 2024. An intense wildfire could hit a town in western Canada on Monday, based on forecasts of strong winds that have been fueling the out-of-control blaze which has already forced the evacuation of thousands, fire experts and officials warned.

May 13, 2024, 12:15pm Latest News

FORT NELSON, British Columbia (AP) — An intense wildfire could reach a town in western Canada this week, fire experts and officials warned, based on forecasts of winds that have fueled the out-of-control blaze, which has forced the evacuation of thousands of people. Read story

A shopper passes by empty rows in the frozen food section of a Winn-Dixie grocery near downtown Tallahassee, Fla., Sunday, May 12, 2024. The store was forced to remove perishable items after they lost power Friday morning from a powerful storm. Some of the strongest storms, including two EF-2 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, rolled through early Friday, toppling trees across the region. According to the city&#039;s outage map, as of 9:11 pm. tonight, over 25,000 customers were still without power.

Severe storms blitz the US South again after one of the most active tornado periods in history

A shopper passes by empty rows in the frozen food section of a Winn-Dixie grocery near downtown Tallahassee, Fla., Sunday, May 12, 2024. The store was forced to remove perishable items after they lost power Friday morning from a powerful storm. Some of the strongest storms, including two EF-2 tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service in Tallahassee, rolled through early Friday, toppling trees across the region. According to the city&#039;s outage map, as of 9:11 pm. tonight, over 25,000 customers were still without power.

May 13, 2024, 10:27am Nation & World

More than 15 million people from Texas to Florida were under threat of severe storms and the potential for more tornadoes Monday, many of them in areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. Read story

Smoke from wildfires blankets the city as a couple has a picnic in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Canadian wildfire smoke chokes upper Midwest for second straight year

Smoke from wildfires blankets the city as a couple has a picnic in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, May 11, 2024.

May 13, 2024, 9:51am Nation & World

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has prompted health warnings across the upper Midwest for the second straight year. Read story

Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a flash flood in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, May 13, 2024. Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano&rsquo;s slopes on Indonesia&rsquo;s Sumatra island triggered flash floods causing a number of people dead and missing, officials said Sunday.

More bodies found in Indonesia after flash floods killed dozens and submerged homes

Rescuers carry the body of a victim of a flash flood in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, May 13, 2024. Heavy rains and torrents of cold lava and mud flowing down a volcano&rsquo;s slopes on Indonesia&rsquo;s Sumatra island triggered flash floods causing a number of people dead and missing, officials said Sunday.

May 13, 2024, 8:25am Nation & World

Rescuers recovered more bodies Monday after monsoon rains triggered flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, bringing down torrents of cold lava and mud, leaving 43 people dead and another 15 missing. Read story