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

Weather Eye: Rain on tap for weekend, but warm weather on horizon

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

May 4, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News

As I wrote this column late Friday afternoon, the clouds to the west had thickened and rain was beginning to fall from the dark clouds overhead. And, as you read this today it will still be raining at some intensity before turning to showers late today and continuing into Sunday. Read story

The Conroe firefighters with CFD&rsquo;s Rapid Intervention Team carry a pair of dogs rescued in a boat in the aftermath of a severe storm, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Conroe, Texas.

Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and orders to evacuate

The Conroe firefighters with CFD&rsquo;s Rapid Intervention Team carry a pair of dogs rescued in a boat in the aftermath of a severe storm, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Conroe, Texas.

May 3, 2024, 11:15am Nation & World

Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around Houston. Read story

Damage surrounds the Sulphur Times-Democrat building on Monday, April 29, 2024, after a tornado plowed through the rural Oklahoma community and left wide destruction through downtown Sulphur, Oka.

A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn’t stopping the presses

Damage surrounds the Sulphur Times-Democrat building on Monday, April 29, 2024, after a tornado plowed through the rural Oklahoma community and left wide destruction through downtown Sulphur, Oka.

May 3, 2024, 7:50am Business

When Oklahoma and national officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the scale of devastation following tornadoes two days earlier, Kathy John did what she always does: She showed up to report on it for the town’s weekly newspaper, the Sulphur Times-Democrat. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Plan indoor activities, because weekend will be rainy

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

May 2, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

How was your first day of May? Weather-wise, we had a brief break in the action with only scattered sprinkles here and there. April goes into the record books as a mild and dry month. Read story

FILE - Kelsey Juliana, of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government&rsquo;s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.

Appeals court rejects climate change lawsuit by young Oregon activists against U.S. government

FILE - Kelsey Juliana, of Eugene, Ore., a lead plaintiff who is part of a lawsuit by a group of young people who say U.S. energy policies are causing climate change and hurting their future, greets supporters outside a federal courthouse, June 4, 2019, in Portland, Ore. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government&rsquo;s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights.

May 1, 2024, 7:19pm Northwest

A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights. Read story

A formation of Mammatus clouds fills the sky over Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mammatus clouds usually form on the back side of severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storms crossed the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, including a few tornados in the northeastern part of Kansas.

1 person dead, homes destroyed after tornado rips through northeastern Kansas

A formation of Mammatus clouds fills the sky over Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Mammatus clouds usually form on the back side of severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storms crossed the state Tuesday afternoon and evening, including a few tornados in the northeastern part of Kansas.

May 1, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

One person died Tuesday when a tornado ripped through the small city of Westmoreland in northeastern Kansas, destroying houses, RVs and outbuildings, authorities said. Read story

Clark County gets FEMA disaster assistance for January ice storms

May 1, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News

Federal disaster assistance is available for Clark County and other Southwest Washington tribes and nonprofits affected by January’s winter storms, according to a statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read story

FEMA, state officials survey Oklahoma tornado damage in deadly storm

April 30, 2024, 2:56pm Nation & World

A Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said Tuesday that “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma. Read story

A firefighter uses a drip torch to simulate blowing embers during a burn demonstration for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Western Zone at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2924. The building on the left is designed to mimic a home built using fire-resistant materials with defensible space around the exterior, and the building on the right is designed to mimic a home with traditional landscaping and building materials. The building on the right quickly burned to the ground.

Growing wildfire risk leaves states grappling with how to keep property insurers from fleeing

A firefighter uses a drip torch to simulate blowing embers during a burn demonstration for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Western Zone at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, Monday, April 29, 2924. The building on the left is designed to mimic a home built using fire-resistant materials with defensible space around the exterior, and the building on the right is designed to mimic a home with traditional landscaping and building materials. The building on the right quickly burned to the ground.

April 30, 2024, 7:56am Latest News

Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has deemed the risk too high. Read story

An ambulance responds to a call in southeast Vancouver during an ice storm Jan. 17.

Clark County gets FEMA disaster assistance for January ice storms

An ambulance responds to a call in southeast Vancouver during an ice storm Jan. 17.

April 30, 2024, 7:51am Clark County News

Federal disaster assistance is available for Clark County and other Southwest Washington tribes and nonprofits affected by January’s winter storms, according to a statement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Read story