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Weather & Climate

Weather Eye: Expect intense but scattered showers over next few days

May 21, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Chalk up another fair weather day Monday with plenty of sunshine but highs were a bit below average at 68 degrees. Read story

Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored

May 20, 2024, 8:33am Nation & World

Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept Oklahoma and Kansas, blowing roofs off homes and blocking roads with toppled trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, Houston… Read story

Bleached coral is visible Sept. 16, 2023, at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.

Coral reef bleaching near record level globally due to warm oceans

Bleached coral is visible Sept. 16, 2023, at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico.

May 18, 2024, 6:04am Nation & World

Ocean temperatures that have gone “crazy haywire” hot, especially in the Atlantic, are close to making the current global coral bleaching event the worst in history. It’s so bad that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Chance of rain ahead after our pleasant weekend

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

May 18, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

I think the cooler weather on Friday was enjoyable although I know many of you like those 80-degree high temperatures and some even tolerate that 90-degree stuff. Whew, too hot for me. When it is above 80 degrees, I keep in the shade like my old puppy dog. Good news… Read story

A Houston police officer walks back to his vehicle after clearing people away from a damaged tire shop at the intersection of Sowden and Bingle in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. The widespread destruction brought much of Houston to a standstill as crews raced to restore power and remove uprooted trees and debris.

Some in Houston facing no power for weeks after storms cause widespread damage, killing at least 4

A Houston police officer walks back to his vehicle after clearing people away from a damaged tire shop at the intersection of Sowden and Bingle in the aftermath of a severe storm on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Houston. The widespread destruction brought much of Houston to a standstill as crews raced to restore power and remove uprooted trees and debris.

May 17, 2024, 9:01am Nation & World

Nearly 1 million homes and business remained without power Friday from Texas to Louisiana after fierce thunderstorms swept hurricane-force winds through Houston, blowing windows out of downtown skyscrapers and toppling transmission towers. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Expect partly cloudy, cooler next seven days

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

May 16, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Late afternoon temperatures Wednesday were hovering in the low 80s in most areas of Clark County. Officially in Vancouver the thermometer reached 82 degrees. Feels like summer again, doesn’t it? It was also our eighth day without measurable rain. If you like it cooler and I’m sure those newly transplanted… Read story

Fire threat eases near Canada’s oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms

May 15, 2024, 8:37pm Nation & World

The threat from a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be easing on Wednesday, a day after it forced thousands of residents to evacuate and stirred memories of a damaging blaze nearly a decade earlier. Read story

In addition to a tree from a neighbor&rsquo;s yard falling on their south Jackson, Miss., house, heavy rain caused flooding around the home of the Brown-Rankin family, May 13, 2024.

At least 1 dead after severe storms roll through Louisiana, other southern states

In addition to a tree from a neighbor&rsquo;s yard falling on their south Jackson, Miss., house, heavy rain caused flooding around the home of the Brown-Rankin family, May 13, 2024.

May 14, 2024, 9:07am Nation & World

At least one person is dead in Louisiana after storms slammed several southern states, including many areas previously hit during one of the most active periods for twisters on record. Read story

FILE - A woman watches the sun set on a hot day, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. A new study on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.

Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1

FILE - A woman watches the sun set on a hot day, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. A new study on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.

May 14, 2024, 9:03am Latest News

The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. Read story

A general view of a large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured in the accident.

Billboard that collapsed in Mumbai storms killed at least 14 and injured 75

A general view of a large billboard that collapsed Monday evening following heavy rain and thundershowers at Ghatkopar, a suburb of Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens more were injured in the accident.

May 14, 2024, 8:42am Nation & World

A large billboard that collapsed amid raging thunderstorms in Mumbai killed at least 14 people and injured 75 others, reports said on Tuesday. Read story