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Weather & Climate

More rain on the way as Clark County remains under flood watch

December 4, 2023, 7:29am Clark County News

After a wet weekend, Clark County and the Interstate 5 corridor in Oregon and Southwest Washington can expect more of the same with the entire area under a flood watch, according to a Monday morning update from the National Weather Service in Portland.  Read story

Kadyn Wheat shovels snow in early March as he works to free the family car, entombed after successive snowstorms in the San Bernardino Mountains.

13 people died during the San Bernardino blizzard. Only one was ruled storm-related

Kadyn Wheat shovels snow in early March as he works to free the family car, entombed after successive snowstorms in the San Bernardino Mountains.

December 3, 2023, 6:05am Nation & World

Herbert Perez had lived in Big Bear Lake for nearly three decades, but he and his wife, Brenda, had rarely seen a snowstorm as relentless as last winter’s. Read story

Megan Vasquez stands on her damaged deck in Crestline. She started a food distribution center in her neighborhood after Goodwin&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s market collapsed.

‘I have PTSD’: Snow, death, isolation bring scary new climate reality in San Bernardino Mountains

Megan Vasquez stands on her damaged deck in Crestline. She started a food distribution center in her neighborhood after Goodwin&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s market collapsed.

December 3, 2023, 6:02am Nation & World

As the snow piled up in late February, Teri Ostlie did her best to continue shoveling. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Be wary of flooding with rainy, windy systems

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

December 2, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

December appears to be arriving in an angry mood with heavy rains, strong winds, heavy snow and then the big melt-off. After shivering in winterlike temperatures since Thanksgiving weekend, the westerly winds broke through about midday Friday and temperatures adjusted back to seasonal normals. Read story

Fruit farmer Mike Cirone boxes apples in a small packing shed at his orchard in See Canyon near San Luis Obispo, Calif. He grows more than 30 varieties of apples, pears and oranges.

A California dry farmer’s juicy apples show how agriculture can be done with less water

Fruit farmer Mike Cirone boxes apples in a small packing shed at his orchard in See Canyon near San Luis Obispo, Calif. He grows more than 30 varieties of apples, pears and oranges.

December 2, 2023, 6:02am Nation & World

Leaves rustled as Mike Cirone reached into a tree and gently picked an apple. The orchard was filled with a profusion of ripe fruit in shades from golden-green to pinkish red. Read story

Snowfall expected around Mount St. Helens through Friday

December 1, 2023, 7:38am Latest News

The National Weather Service in Portland has issued advisories for residents in northern Oregon and the Cascades, warning of expected heavy snowfall. Read story

Courtesy of NWS Portland

Southwest Washington under flood watch, according to NWS Portland

Courtesy of NWS Portland

December 1, 2023, 7:24am Clark County News

With rain drenching the area, a swath of western Washington and Oregon are under a flood watch, according to the National Weather Service in Portland.  Read story

FILE - Residents cross a road damaged during flooding in Tula, Tana River county in Kenya on Nov. 25, 2023.

On 1st day, UN climate conference sets up fund for countries hit by disasters like flood and drought

FILE - Residents cross a road damaged during flooding in Tula, Tana River county in Kenya on Nov. 25, 2023.

November 30, 2023, 8:04am Nation & World

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The world just took a big step toward compensating countries hit by deadly floods, heat and droughts. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Batten down hatches; wet, windy weather on its way

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

November 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

The change in the weather pattern begins today with more clouds and moisture in the air. Light rain will develop and continue into Friday when it becomes heavier. Rainfall so far this month in Vancouver is nearly three-quarters of an inch below average and unless we can make it up… Read story

A truck hauling hay drives near Al Dahra Farms, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in the McMullen Valley in Wenden, Ariz. Worries about future water supplies from ancient aquifers are bubbling up in western rural Arizona. Some neighbors complain that their backyard wells have dried up since the Emirati agribusiness began farming alfalfa nearby.

Tensions are bubbling up at thirsty Arizona alfalfa farms as foreign firms exploit unregulated water

A truck hauling hay drives near Al Dahra Farms, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in the McMullen Valley in Wenden, Ariz. Worries about future water supplies from ancient aquifers are bubbling up in western rural Arizona. Some neighbors complain that their backyard wells have dried up since the Emirati agribusiness began farming alfalfa nearby.

November 28, 2023, 2:03pm Nation & World

A blanket of bright green alfalfa spreads across western Arizona’s McMullen Valley, ringed by rolling mountains and warmed by the hot desert sun. Read story