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Weather & Climate

Typhoon Gaemi hits China’s coast after leaving 25 dead in Taiwan and the Philippines

July 25, 2024, 8:09am Nation & World

A strong typhoon made landfall on China’s southeastern coast on Thursday evening after sweeping across the nearby island of Taiwan, where it caused landslides and flooding in low-lying areas and… Read story

Weather Eye: Temperatures will continue to be normal, or slightly below

July 25, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

We continue to skip along with fair weather each day with some days near normal temperature-wise and others slightly below. Hopscotch weather I say. Today a large dose of marine… Read story

U.S. coastal communities get $575M to battle effects of climate change

July 26, 2024, 3:46pm Nation & World

The federal government is giving more than a half-billion dollars to coastal communities to help them use nature-based preventive measures to address climate-related flooding and other disasters. Read story

U.N. asks nations to better prepare, cool the vulnerable as ‘extreme heat epidemic’ breaks records

July 25, 2024, 5:05pm Nation & World

After three of Earth’s hottest days ever measured, the United Nations called for a flurry of efforts to try to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures, calling it “an extreme heat epidemic.” Read story

The Durkee Fire, seen here at the Huntington Exit off Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon, is burning on 244,842 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

Oregon wildfire is the largest in the U.S.; officials warn an impending storm could make it worse

The Durkee Fire, seen here at the Huntington Exit off Interstate 84 in eastern Oregon, is burning on 244,842 acres as of Wednesday afternoon.

July 24, 2024, 1:45pm Latest News

Powerful winds and hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms rattled eastern Oregon and Idaho Wednesday afternoon, cutting power and stoking fires, including one in Oregon that is already the largest active blaze in the nation. Read story

Streets flooded as monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon Gaemi on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.

Taiwan prepares for a strong typhoon that worsened monsoon rains in the Philippines, killing 13

Streets flooded as monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon Gaemi on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.

July 24, 2024, 8:35am Nation & World

Taiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island on Wednesday ahead of a powerful typhoon that already worsened seasonal rains in the Philippines, killed at least 13 people and displaced 600,000. Read story

The setting sun illuminates the clouds over the Rocky Mountains after a third straight day of record-breaking heat Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Denver.

Monday breaks the record for the hottest ever day on Earth

The setting sun illuminates the clouds over the Rocky Mountains after a third straight day of record-breaking heat Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Denver.

July 24, 2024, 8:30am Latest News

Monday was recorded as the hottest day ever globally, beating a record set the day before, as countries around the world from Japan to Bolivia to the United States continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service. Read story

Aircraft aid in an initial attack on the wildfire burning south of Baker City, Ore., on July 22.

Wildfires threaten communities in the West as Oregon fire closes I-84, creates its own weather

Aircraft aid in an initial attack on the wildfire burning south of Baker City, Ore., on July 22.

July 23, 2024, 4:10pm Latest News

Firefighters in the West are scrambling as wildfires threaten communities in Oregon, California and Washington, with at least one Oregon fire so large that it is creating its own weather. Read story

People swim on a small beach, during a warm morning at Athens&rsquo; port city of Piraeus, Monday, July 22, 2024. The heatwave continues in Greece, with temperatures hovering at 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in several places, but the meteorologists expecting to slight drop from tomorrow.

Climate agency: Sunday was hottest day on Earth in history

People swim on a small beach, during a warm morning at Athens&rsquo; port city of Piraeus, Monday, July 22, 2024. The heatwave continues in Greece, with temperatures hovering at 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in several places, but the meteorologists expecting to slight drop from tomorrow.

July 23, 2024, 3:37pm Nation & World

On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Read story

FILE - A woman walks past a cabana complex on the beach pulled off its foundations by Superstorm Sandy in Sea Bright, N.J., Nov. 19, 2012.

Data shows hurricanes and earthquakes grab headlines but inland counties top disaster list

FILE - A woman walks past a cabana complex on the beach pulled off its foundations by Superstorm Sandy in Sea Bright, N.J., Nov. 19, 2012.

July 23, 2024, 1:40pm Latest News

Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. Read story