<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Sunday,  November 24 , 2024

Linkedin Pinterest

Weather & Climate

Weather Eye: Thanksgiving is shaping up to be dry, cool day

November 21, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

Thanksgiving week has arrived, and many will be traveling during the Wednesday-Sunday time frame. Outside of a little light rain early Wednesday, conditions will be favorable for the highway. There will be some areas of fog in the valleys and a chance of icy spots in shady areas over the… Read story

National Park Service 
 Grizzly bears once roamed Washington&iacute;s North Cascades, but their numbers were brought down by hunting throughout the 20th century.

How reintroduction of grizzlies would affect North Cascades recreation

National Park Service 
 Grizzly bears once roamed Washington&iacute;s North Cascades, but their numbers were brought down by hunting throughout the 20th century.

November 20, 2023, 6:00am Latest News

Grizzly bears may be coming back to the North Cascades, where the apex predator roamed for thousands of years before human encroachment led their numbers to dwindle. The last confirmed grizzly sighting in the North Cascades was in 1996. Now, federal agencies are seeking public comment as they consider reintroducing… Read story

US Climate Envoy John Kerry speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative September 2023 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City.

Five takeaways from a sweeping report on climate change in the US

US Climate Envoy John Kerry speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative September 2023 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on Sept. 19, 2023, in New York City.

November 19, 2023, 12:31pm Nation & World

A major U.S. government report published today describes how intensifying climate change is disrupting lives and businesses nationwide, even as communities in every state ramp up their response to the crisis. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Area rainfall amounts; new week to bring sunny skies

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

November 18, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

I think before we talk turkey, let’s review rainfall for October from our friends and neighbors around the area. Read story

While the snowpack in Washington is good right now, whether it sticks around through the winter remains to be seen.

WA snowpack starts off strong, but El Niño warming looms

While the snowpack in Washington is good right now, whether it sticks around through the winter remains to be seen.

November 17, 2023, 7:40am Latest News

Much of Washington is accumulating snowpack faster than normal so far this fall, a small victory for a state plagued by drought all summer. Read story

Bernadette Romero Eden walks her dog &ldquo;Pitaya&rdquo; on a flooded street in Oakland Park Fla., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

Here’s why heavy rain in Florida has little to do with hurricane season

Bernadette Romero Eden walks her dog &ldquo;Pitaya&rdquo; on a flooded street in Oakland Park Fla., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.

November 16, 2023, 2:10pm Nation & World

Why has it been raining so much in South Florida? Experts say the latest windy, rainy storm system has nothing to do with hurricane season — and it’s finally moving on. Read story

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

Weather Eye: White Christmas unlikely, and other winter predictions

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

November 16, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

When will the north wind blow? When will we have snow? When will you tell me what I want to know? So right now, my friends, here we go. My prediction for this winter is for the three-month period of December, January and February. Read story

A pedestrian pushes a shopping cart on Cordova Street during a heavy snowfall, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska. Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the city&rsquo;s ongoing struggle to house a large houseless population at the same time winter weather has returned, with more than 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow falling within 48 hours.

Anchorage adds shelter beds after heavy snow, rising outdoor deaths

A pedestrian pushes a shopping cart on Cordova Street during a heavy snowfall, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska. Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week, underscoring the city&rsquo;s ongoing struggle to house a large houseless population at the same time winter weather has returned, with more than 2 feet (0.61 meters) of snow falling within 48 hours.

November 14, 2023, 4:13pm Weather & Climate

Anchorage scrambled Tuesday to come up with more temporary housing for the homeless after back-to-back snowstorms dumped more than 3 feet of snow on the city in just nine days, an amount that is high even by Alaska standards. Read story

Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China&rsquo;s Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.  The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates Tuesday, Nov. 14.

In fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track

Guohua Power Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Dingzhou, Baoding, in the northern China&rsquo;s Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.  The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming, a new international report calculates Tuesday, Nov. 14.

November 14, 2023, 8:06am Nation & World

The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates. Read story

Solar farm operates next to Donggou village near Shijiazhuang city in the northern China&rsquo;s Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

UN chief calls for an “ambition supernova” as nations make minor progress on climate action

Solar farm operates next to Donggou village near Shijiazhuang city in the northern China&rsquo;s Hebei province, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023.

November 14, 2023, 8:00am Nation & World

Countries’ climate action plans are still far behind what’s needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found Tuesday. Read story