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Weather & Climate

To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal rivers

March 30, 2024, 2:01pm Latest News

On a dry riverbed one recent sunny morning, residents of Kasengela village toiled away mixing cement and sand to make concrete. The sound of their shovels resonated through the valley while other residents, working in pairs, carried rocks to the site in wooden frames. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Enjoy weekend sunshine, because cooler temps on way

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

March 30, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

Sunshine broke through right on schedule Friday, and we enjoyed those puffy white clouds floating along with the flow of air. Fair and relatively warm weather is on tap this weekend and since we deserve a break we will continue the fair weather through Tuesday. In fact, the warmest day… Read story

FILE - A woman wearing sun protection headgear and sunglasses swims as residents cool off on a sweltering day at an urban waterway in Beijing, July 10, 2023. Climate change is making heat waves crawl slower across the globe and last longer with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds.

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

FILE - A woman wearing sun protection headgear and sunglasses swims as residents cool off on a sweltering day at an urban waterway in Beijing, July 10, 2023. Climate change is making heat waves crawl slower across the globe and last longer with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds.

March 29, 2024, 1:03pm Nation & World

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. Read story

Sawfish are spinning, and dying, in Florida waters as rescue effort begins

March 28, 2024, 3:53pm Nation & World

Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning behavior and dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters. Federal and state wildlife agencies are beginning an effort to rescue and rehabilitate sawfish to find out why. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Sun will shine on Easter, but April showers ahead

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

March 28, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News

We are getting close. Yay, the weekend is in sight and despite cloudy skies and showers today I see beyond the overcast as sunshine arrives in time for Easter weekend. We’ll give a thumbs-up to the month of March for departing on such a bright and worthy note. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Stormy time ahead, but Easter weekend should shine

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

March 26, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News

Stormy weather ahead folks. A juicy weather system will approach later this evening and continue to pound the region with a good amount of rain and breezy conditions as well on Wednesday. A cold pool of air following the front will keep showers going on Thursday with a chance of… Read story

Tractors are parked in market square during &ldquo;a food march&rdquo; in Kuopio, Finland, Friday, as farmers protest against perceived inequalities in food production profits.

Major European nature protection plan stumbles at final hurdle

Tractors are parked in market square during &ldquo;a food march&rdquo; in Kuopio, Finland, Friday, as farmers protest against perceived inequalities in food production profits.

March 25, 2024, 5:44pm Nation & World

A major European Union plan to better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc and fight climate change was indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent have had a deep influence on politics. Read story

A man walks his dog down Main Street in Brattleboro, Vt., on Saturday, March 23, 2024.  New England is battling a mix of wind, rain, sleet and heavy snow across the region Saturday with more than a foot of snow expected in ski county, but mostly rain, wind and possible flooding in southern areas and along the coast.

Storm threatens snow in the Midwest, thunder in the South. Other parts of the US dig out

A man walks his dog down Main Street in Brattleboro, Vt., on Saturday, March 23, 2024.  New England is battling a mix of wind, rain, sleet and heavy snow across the region Saturday with more than a foot of snow expected in ski county, but mostly rain, wind and possible flooding in southern areas and along the coast.

March 25, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

A major spring storm threatened parts of the central U.S. on Monday with heavy snow in its northern reaches and thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South. Read story

FILE - A couple takes a selfie with cherry blossoms at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, March 29, 2023. The United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes, federal meteorologists predicted Thursday, March 21, 2024.

NOAA predicts drama-free spring weatherwise in U.S.

FILE - A couple takes a selfie with cherry blossoms at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, March 29, 2023. The United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes, federal meteorologists predicted Thursday, March 21, 2024.

March 23, 2024, 6:07am Nation & World

The United States can expect a nice spring break from past too-rainy or too-dry extremes, federal meteorologists predicted Thursday. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Our rain gauges will get filled up for the rest of March

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

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

Let’s begin by reviewing last month’s rainfall around the area from your friends and neighbors: Bob Starr, Cougar, 12.15 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 5.58 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 3.89 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 6.11 inches; Tyler Mode, Battle Ground, 5.04 inches; Bob Mode, Minnehaha, 3.69 inches; Irv St.… Read story