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People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country&rsquo;s west.

At least 40 people die in western Kenya after a dam collapses following heavy rains

People try to clear the area after a dam burst, in Kamuchiri Village Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, Kenya, Monday, April 29, 2024. Police in Kenya say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the country&rsquo;s west.

April 29, 2024, 7:48am Nation & World

A dam collapsed in western Kenya early Monday, killing at least 40 people after a wall of water swept through houses and cut off a major road, police said. Read story

A farmworker picks pears at Rowe Farms outside of Yakima on a day when temperatures reached over 100 degrees, Aug. 16, 2023.

WA farmers brace for summer drought on heels of harvest shortfalls

A farmworker picks pears at Rowe Farms outside of Yakima on a day when temperatures reached over 100 degrees, Aug. 16, 2023.

April 29, 2024, 6:02am Business

Andy Juris, a dryland wheat and alfalfa grower in Bickleton, in Klickitat County, knows precisely how much fertilizer to put on different areas of his farm. Read story

The setting sun is obscured by burned trees and a pall of smoke from the Dixie fire near Janesville, California, on Aug. 20, 2021.

Climate change supercharged a heat dome, intensifying 2021 fire season, study finds

The setting sun is obscured by burned trees and a pall of smoke from the Dixie fire near Janesville, California, on Aug. 20, 2021.

April 27, 2024, 11:00am Latest News

As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered — and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, with the most land burned in Canada and California. Read story

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

Weather Eye: A little more rain this weekend, and then we’ll dry out

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

April 27, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Did you enjoy Thursday’s rain? It was refreshing. I love the scent of fresh rain after a dry period. That pleasant order is called petrichor, a term coined by Australian scientists in 1964 to describe the earthy smell associated with rain. It is when the moisture mixes with compounds like… Read story

From left; Ally Mercer, Gabe Sedlacek Kaleb Andersen and Austin Young watch a tornado from a seventh floor parking garage on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb.

Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs

From left; Ally Mercer, Gabe Sedlacek Kaleb Andersen and Austin Young watch a tornado from a seventh floor parking garage on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb.

April 26, 2024, 3:30pm Nation & World

A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, demolishing homes as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. It wasn’t yet clear if anyone was injured or killed in the storm. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Weather returns to cool, rainy, at times unsettled

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

April 25, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

The anticipated change to our weather is underway today and for several days beyond. I expect a soaking rain and by midnight we should have upward of one-half inch in some of the Clark County rain gauges. Read story

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

Weather Eye: After Wednesday, damp spell will be upon county

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

April 23, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Our warm and sunny weather lingers and will continue into Wednesday before a much-needed damp spell is cast down upon us. As of Monday, Vancouver was running an inch and a half below average with the rainfall. The latter half of the week and into the weekend will help us… Read story

The website for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention displays on a computer screen in Glenside, Pa., Monday, April 22, 2024, a new heat risk system developed with the National Weather Service. They unveiled a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.

When red-hot isn’t enough: New government heat risk tool sets magenta as most dangerous level

The website for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention displays on a computer screen in Glenside, Pa., Monday, April 22, 2024, a new heat risk system developed with the National Weather Service. They unveiled a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous level.

April 22, 2024, 3:29pm Nation & World

Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may see this summer. Read story

FILE - People relax in the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Copernicus has reported that March marked the 10th straight month of record monthly temperatures. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, April 22, 2024, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity.

Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice the average global rate, report says

FILE - People relax in the Retiro park in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Copernicus has reported that March marked the 10th straight month of record monthly temperatures. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, April 22, 2024, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity.

April 22, 2024, 8:43am Nation & World

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Don’t be fooled by fair skies; clouds are on their way

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

April 20, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

This April is perhaps the best weather-wise that we have had in several years. It sure is dry to say the least. With 10 days to go I don’t see enough rain to help us out much. We have a weak weather system this weekend and another the later part… Read story