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A home hangs over the edge of an eroded riverbank after part of the neighboring house fell into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, on Sunday. The city of Juneau says the Mendenhall River flooded on Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska's capital city, and at least two buildings were destroyed.

Glacial dam outburst in Alaska’s capital erodes riverbanks, destroys at least 2 buildings

A home hangs over the edge of an eroded riverbank after part of the neighboring house fell into the Mendenhall River in Juneau, Alaska, on Sunday. The city of Juneau says the Mendenhall River flooded on Saturday because of a major release from Suicide Basin above Alaska's capital city, and at least two buildings were destroyed.

August 7, 2023, 5:00pm Nation & World

Raging waters that ate away at riverbanks, destroyed at least two buildings and damaged others had receded Monday in Alaska’s capital city after an outburst of weekend flooding from a glacial lake, authorities said. Read story

The Sourdough Fire sends a plume of smoke across Diablo Point east of Bellingham near the Canadian border earlier this month.

Whatcom County wildfire closes major highway, grows overnight to nearly 3K acres

The Sourdough Fire sends a plume of smoke across Diablo Point east of Bellingham near the Canadian border earlier this month.

August 7, 2023, 12:57pm Latest News

A lightning-sparked wildfire burning in the North Cascades of eastern Whatcom County exploded overnight, forcing state officials to close Highway 20, a major east-west link. Read story

At least 2 buildings destroyed in flooding in Alaska’s capital from glacial lake water release

August 7, 2023, 8:09am Nation & World

At least two buildings have been destroyed and residents of others have been evacuated in Juneau after flooding caused by a release of water from a glacier-dammed lake, officials said. Read story

High waves caused by approaching Tropical Storm Khanun hit a port on Amami Oshima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

Tens of thousands of young scouts to evacuate world jamboree in South Korea as storm Khanun looms

High waves caused by approaching Tropical Storm Khanun hit a port on Amami Oshima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Aug. 7, 2023.

August 7, 2023, 8:03am Nation & World

South Korea will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts by bus from a coastal jamboree site as Tropical Storm Khanun looms, officials said Monday. Read story

A firefighter battles the Fairview fire along Batista Road near Hemet, California, on Sep. 6, 2022.

It’s not windy, but wildfires are still spreading in California

A firefighter battles the Fairview fire along Batista Road near Hemet, California, on Sep. 6, 2022.

August 6, 2023, 5:58am Nation & World

LOS ANGELES -- If you live near the coast, wildfire season starts with Southern California’s notorious Santa Ana winds, which usually arrive in the fall. Read story

Weather Eye: Don’t want to visit the fair in the heat? Wait until next week

August 5, 2023, 6:02am Clark County News

After flirting with 90 degrees the first three days of the month, we were expected to do likewise on Friday. We will be around 90 degrees today and Sunday. Read story

A month’s worth of rain floods Vermont town, with more on the way

August 4, 2023, 7:49am Nation & World

Vermont’s latest summer storm dumped a month’s worth of rain in one community, leading to the rescue of three people from a car roof, and more rain was in the forecast Friday. Read story

Residents try to restore normalcy to their lives near underground pipes exposed after floods sweep through a village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia.

Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify

Residents try to restore normalcy to their lives near underground pipes exposed after floods sweep through a village on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia.

August 4, 2023, 7:29am Nation & World

Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of thousands, although the country appears to have averted the worst effects of the typhoon season battering parts of east Asia. Read story

Residents with umbrellas walk past sculptures co covered up with plastic to protect from the incoming typhoon Khanun in the port city of Keelung near Taipei in northern Taiwan on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already caused damage and injuries

Residents with umbrellas walk past sculptures co covered up with plastic to protect from the incoming typhoon Khanun in the port city of Keelung near Taipei in northern Taiwan on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023.

August 3, 2023, 7:58am Nation & World

The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more rain on the archipelago. Read story

Weather Eye: Temperatures to stay in the 90s for weekend

August 3, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

We are experiencing summer weather at its finest. We will warm a few degrees Friday through Monday around the 90-degree mark, and a few degrees above that is possible on any of those days. Then our beloved air conditioning off the ocean arrives and places us back in the 80-… Read story