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Motorists in southeast Vancouver carefully drive along icy roads Wednesday morning.

Storm creates icy roads throughout Clark Countyvideo icon

Motorists in southeast Vancouver carefully drive along icy roads Wednesday morning.

January 17, 2024, 6:48pm Clark County News

An ice storm that swept through Portland and Southwest Washington made for frozen roads Wednesday and added to the remnants of the weekend’s snow. Read story

Jose Peralta, with the Oregon Department of Forestry, uses a chainsaw to cut a downed tree into smaller pieces after it fell on a car and a home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

Power line falls on car during Oregon ice storm, killing 3 and hurting a baby, authorities say

Jose Peralta, with the Oregon Department of Forestry, uses a chainsaw to cut a downed tree into smaller pieces after it fell on a car and a home on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024, in Portland, Ore.

January 17, 2024, 3:00pm Editor's Choice

A power line fell on a car in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm that turned roads and mountain highways treacherous in the Pacific Northwest. Read story

The national Weather Service's Ice Storm Warning has been extended to 8 a.m. today.

‘Significant icing’: Winter weather begins to melt across Clark County as temps hover around freezingvideo icon

The national Weather Service's Ice Storm Warning has been extended to 8 a.m. today.

January 17, 2024, 1:55pm Clark County News

2024's first wintry weather kept its grip on Southwest Washington into Wednesday afternoon though the National Weather Service's Ice Storm Warning expired at noon.  Read story

FILE - People help a driver out after his rear-wheel drive vehicle got stranded after a winter storm in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 15, 2024. While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather. Scientists Tuesday, Jan. 16, say that fits with what climate change is doing to Earth.

US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it’s climate change

FILE - People help a driver out after his rear-wheel drive vehicle got stranded after a winter storm in Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 15, 2024. While the U.S. is shivering through bone-chilling cold, most of the rest of world is feeling unusually warm weather. Scientists Tuesday, Jan. 16, say that fits with what climate change is doing to Earth.

January 17, 2024, 7:45am Nation & World

Much of the United States is shivering through brutal cold as most of the rest of the world is feeling unusually warm weather. However strange it sounds, that contradiction fits snugly in explanations of what climate change is doing to Earth, scientists said. Read story

Mount Hood, seen from the Port of Camas-Washougal on Tuesday morning, shows a fresh coat of white after the weekend&rsquo;s winter storm. The Western United States experienced record low snow in early January.

Cascade Mountains’ snowpack: This week’s weather won’t reverse snow drought in Pacific Northwest

Mount Hood, seen from the Port of Camas-Washougal on Tuesday morning, shows a fresh coat of white after the weekend&rsquo;s winter storm. The Western United States experienced record low snow in early January.

January 17, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

This week’s snowfall likely won’t be enough to pull the Pacific Northwest out of its snow drought. Read story

C-Tran facility service worker Sterling Hinkle shovels snow away from a Vine bus stop on Mill Plain on Tuesday in Vancouver. As if snow and days of subfreezing temperatures weren't enough, the National Weather Service in Portland issued an ice storm warning through 4 a.m. Wednesday.

Winter storm takes toll in Clark County

C-Tran facility service worker Sterling Hinkle shovels snow away from a Vine bus stop on Mill Plain on Tuesday in Vancouver. As if snow and days of subfreezing temperatures weren't enough, the National Weather Service in Portland issued an ice storm warning through 4 a.m. Wednesday.

January 16, 2024, 6:32pm Clark County News

While almost 100,000 households were without power and four people died of apparent hypothermia in Portland during the weekend’s winter storm, the snowy blast didn’t hit Clark County quite as hard. Read story

Clark County hunkers down in anticipation of ice storm

January 16, 2024, 6:10pm Clark County News

Some Clark County residents saw the start of freezing rain late this afternoon as a much-anticipated ice storm hits Southwest Washington. Read story

A pedestrian bundles up as she crosses the street in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. A wind chill warning is in effect as dangerous cold conditions continue in the Chicago area. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

New York City, Philadelphia finally get notable snow while other parts of the US get a deep shiver

A pedestrian bundles up as she crosses the street in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. A wind chill warning is in effect as dangerous cold conditions continue in the Chicago area. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

January 16, 2024, 8:27am Latest News

Major cities on the East Coast broke a snow drought of sorts Tuesday while other parts of the U.S. struggled with perilously low temperatures that closed schools, cut power and likely contributed to deaths by cold exposure. Read story

Minnesota lakes finally freezing over at latest dates on record

January 16, 2024, 8:25am Nation & World

Organizers of the Art Shanty Projects, an annual art event on Lake Harriet, are pushing opening day back one weekend to Jan. 27 because, as of Thursday, there still was open water on Lake Harriet. Read story

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

Weather Eye: After ice box, rest of month may be warmer than normal

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

January 16, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

We have an Ice Storm Warning today as we transition out of the ice box and resume normal winter weather of clouds, rain and highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Good news for everyone, I’m sure. We should rise above freezing late tonight into early Wednesday, except in… Read story