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Ida Cartlidge, second from left, holds her youngest son Nolan while sitting with sons Amarii and Jakavien, right, on Nov. 29, 2023, in the middle of their two-bed motel room that serves as their temporary residence after a deadly tornado destroyed their home in March. The Cartlidge family of five spent nearly a year in the cramped motel room in search of a more permanent home, like many of their displaced neighbors. (AP Photo/Rogelio V.

As a Mississippi town reels from a devastating tornado, a displaced family finds its way home

April 8, 2024, 1:10pm Nation & World

As a deadly tornado barreled toward their home in the Mississippi Delta, Ida Cartlidge only had time to scoop up her 1-year-old son, Nolan, and hold him close. Read story

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again

April 8, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Read story

Eclipse glasses are for sale along with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," album at the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Sunday, April 7, 2024.

Weather is the hot topic as eclipse spectators stake out their spots in U.S., Mexico and Canada

April 7, 2024, 3:40pm Nation & World

Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Weekend’s cool weather will yield to warmth next week

April 6, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

It sure doesn’t feel like spring outside, does it? We couldn’t even make 50 degrees on Thursday for a high temperature, and Friday was on the chilly side as well. Read story

A portion of Route 9 between Falmouth and Cumberland is closed as crews work to remove a downed tree spanning the snow-covered roadway in Falmouth, Maine, Thursday, April 4, 2024, following a spring snowstorm.

Cleanup begins as spring nor’easter moves on. But hundreds of thousands still lack power

April 5, 2024, 7:52am Nation & World

Snow showers lingered Friday as the cleanup began following a major spring storm that brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power, and contributed to at least two deaths. Read story

A pedestrian walks through downtown Boston during a rain storm, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A nor'easter has brought heavy wind, rain and snow to New England. (AP Photo/Robert F.

April nor’easter with heavy, wet snow bears down on Northeast, causing more than 680,000 outages

April 4, 2024, 9:09am Nation & World

A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast late Wednesday and Thursday, causing more than 680,000 power outages across the region with the majority in Maine and New Hampshire. A woman was reported killed by a falling tree in a New York City suburb. Read story

Weather forecasting tech company plans 2 X-band radars to cover NCW gaps

April 4, 2024, 7:43am Northwest

Detecting storms below 10,000 feet is quickly taking shape. Read story

Weather Eye: Cool weather continues; be on the lookout for overnight frost

April 4, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

I always say, what a difference a day can make when talking about the weather. At 5 p.m. Monday here in Vancouver, it was a cool 48 degrees. A day earlier on Easter Sunday it was 76 degrees. That is a 28-degree drop in temperature. No surprises however as we… Read story

A steel billboard and its support were blown over in Dunbar, W.Va., Tuesday, April 2, 2024, after severe storms blew through the area.

New England braces for major spring snowstorm as severe weather continues to sock US

April 3, 2024, 8:57am Nation & World

Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Read story