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Ankita Bansal prepares to charge her Tesla, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A subzero cold snap across the nation has exposed a big vulnerability for electric vehicle owners. It&rsquo;s difficult to charge the batteries in single-digit temperatures.

Frigid weather can cut EV range, make charging difficult

Ankita Bansal prepares to charge her Tesla, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A subzero cold snap across the nation has exposed a big vulnerability for electric vehicle owners. It&rsquo;s difficult to charge the batteries in single-digit temperatures.

January 20, 2024, 6:02am Business

For nearly a week, frigid temperatures from Chicago to northern Texas have made life painful for electric-vehicle owners, with reduced driving range and hours of waiting at charging stations. Read story

A bundled-up Beau Schilly, 6, sleds down a hill Monday in Jonesboro, Ark. Experts recommend dressing in layers if you must go out in the bitter cold.

How to stay warm in layered garb, avoid frostbite this winter

A bundled-up Beau Schilly, 6, sleds down a hill Monday in Jonesboro, Ark. Experts recommend dressing in layers if you must go out in the bitter cold.

January 19, 2024, 9:30pm Nation & World

As a bout of bitter and deadly cold sweeps the U.S., millions of Americans are being told to dress in layers if they must go outside. Read story

Pedestrians walk carefully along an icy sidewalk near Wy'East Middle School on Thursday morning, Jan. 18, 2024.

Is this bout of snow and ice finally on its way out of Clark County?

Pedestrians walk carefully along an icy sidewalk near Wy'East Middle School on Thursday morning, Jan. 18, 2024.

January 19, 2024, 1:30pm Clark County News

For the first time in days, Clark County wasn't under a winter weather watch or warning from the National Weather Service. That doesn't mean all the snow and ice is gone, especially in rural areas and the Columbia River Gorge, but with Vancouver hitting 38 degrees today, Southwest Washington could… Read story

PennDot trucks load up on salt at their facility on Hunting Park on Friday,  Jan. 19, 2024 in Philadelphia.  The region is preparing for snow. (Alejandro A.

2 weeks of winter storms kill dozens and cause cold chaos in parts of the U.S.. But a thaw is coming.

PennDot trucks load up on salt at their facility on Hunting Park on Friday,  Jan. 19, 2024 in Philadelphia.  The region is preparing for snow. (Alejandro A.

January 19, 2024, 12:45pm Latest News

Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from Oregon to Tennessee and caused power outages that could take weeks to fix continued to sock both coasts with another round of weather chaos on Friday. Read story

A Clark County Fire District 6 truck responds to a call Thursday afternoon in Hazel Dell. Fire trucks were equipped with chains on tires to navigate icy neighborhood streets after freezing rain turned lingering snow slick.

Clark County’s first responders keep their cool in face of icy conditions

A Clark County Fire District 6 truck responds to a call Thursday afternoon in Hazel Dell. Fire trucks were equipped with chains on tires to navigate icy neighborhood streets after freezing rain turned lingering snow slick.

January 19, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News

The chains on the tires of Clark County sheriff’s Deputy Slav Pavlenko’s patrol SUV clanked against the pavement Thursday afternoon as he drove down Highway 99. Read story

Columbian reporter Sarah Wolf reflects on what to do after a tree falls through your house &mdash; something that happened to her family in 2022.

Clark Asks: If a tree falls into your home … what then?

Columbian reporter Sarah Wolf reflects on what to do after a tree falls through your house &mdash; something that happened to her family in 2022.

January 19, 2024, 6:05am Business

A Columbian reader emailed us during this week’s winter storm to ask what to do if a tree falls through your house. Fortunately — or, rather, unfortunately — I have experience with this. Read story

A pedestrian takes shelter under an umbrella while freezing rain transitions to all rain as the temperature rises Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, 2024.

Snow and ice lingers in Clark County as National Weather Service warns of freezing rain possibility

A pedestrian takes shelter under an umbrella while freezing rain transitions to all rain as the temperature rises Wednesday morning, Jan. 17, 2024.

January 18, 2024, 3:30pm Clark County News

Lingering ice and show continues to be a challenge for anyone needing to get out of the house today in Southwest Washington. Read story

A person crosses in icy conditions in snow while walking over West Tennessee Street, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in downtown Florence, Ala.

Icy blast gripping U.S. blamed for 14 deaths in Tennessee, as Oregon braces for another round of cold

A person crosses in icy conditions in snow while walking over West Tennessee Street, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, in downtown Florence, Ala.

January 18, 2024, 1:44pm Latest News

At least 14 deaths in Tennessee have been linked to a storm system that blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting, as bitterly cold weather kept an icy grip Thursday on a swath of the U.S. stretching from Oregon to the Northeast. Read story

Cross-state travel in WA hindered as winter storm hammers passes

January 18, 2024, 7:40am Northwest

Many roads through the Cascade Mountains were closed or severely restricted for hours Wednesday afternoon as a winter storm bore down on the passes, resulting in spinouts and snow slides and making cross-state travel “very limited,” according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Some in county may see freezing rain today, tonight

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

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

The battle of the air masses. As is the usual scenario, the cold Arctic air is slower than computer models want to push it away. Cold air is heavy and settles into the Columbia Basin. Another Arctic blast is moving down from Canada, but this time it is following along… Read story