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Weather & Climate

An Amtrak train pulls into the Vancouver station on Feb. 7.

Amtrak said slides that blocked tracks earlier this year were ‘south of Kelso’ — in Felida

An Amtrak train pulls into the Vancouver station on Feb. 7.

March 22, 2024, 7:40am Business

When a series of landslides interrupted Amtrak’s service in Southwest Washington between December and February, the company described the location of the slides as “south of Kelso.” Read story

FILE - Shoppers buy food in a supermarket in London, on Aug. 17, 2022. Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found.

Climate study: Scientist links ‘weather shocks’ to rising inflation

FILE - Shoppers buy food in a supermarket in London, on Aug. 17, 2022. Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found.

March 21, 2024, 7:27pm Nation & World

Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank found. Read story

Children in winter coats line up to get into a school bus Thursday in Bismarck, N.D.

Spring brings snow to northern states after mild winter

Children in winter coats line up to get into a school bus Thursday in Bismarck, N.D.

March 21, 2024, 3:45pm Nation & World

After a season with very little snow, a blast of snowy weather could dump a foot or more in some northern states, just as spring officially arrives. Read story

Smoke fills the sky from a wildfire in Shenandoah National Park near Luray, Va. on Thursday, March 21, 2024.  Officials say crews are battling scores of wildfires around Virginia, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park.

Crews battle scores of wildfires in Virginia, including a blaze in Shenandoah National Park

Smoke fills the sky from a wildfire in Shenandoah National Park near Luray, Va. on Thursday, March 21, 2024.  Officials say crews are battling scores of wildfires around Virginia, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park.

March 21, 2024, 8:44am Nation & World

Crews were battling scores of wildfires around Virginia on Thursday, including a fire affecting hundreds of acres at Shenandoah National Park, amid an elevated fire risk, officials said. Read story

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

Weather Eye: March weather returns with rain, snow in mountains

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

March 21, 2024, 6:03am Clark County News

The last several days of winter behaved more like a pleasant day in June with roses in full bloom. Sadly, the first several days of spring will be more like, well March weather. What’s wrong with that? Perhaps we got a little spoiled by such a nice run of 70-degree… Read story

Motorists in southeast Vancouver carefully drive along icy roads Jan. 17.

January storm cost Clark Public Utilities about $26 million

Motorists in southeast Vancouver carefully drive along icy roads Jan. 17.

March 20, 2024, 6:05am Business

Clark Public Utilities’ efforts to keep electricity flowing during January’s storm — when temperatures plunged well below freezing for nearly a week — pushed spending for the month $30 million over budget. Read story

2 Vermont communities devastated by summer flooding seek $3.5M

March 19, 2024, 5:36pm Nation & World

Two of the Vermont communities hardest hit by last summer’s catastrophic flooding have requested $3.5 million in state funding to elevate 20 homes in Barre and the capital city of Montpelier for flood victims who still need safe places to live as the state grapples with a housing crisis. Read story

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

Weather Eye: Spring officially begins, but warm temperatures to end

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

March 19, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

The official beginning of spring begins this evening at 8:06 p.m. and is the astronomical start of the spring season. The forecast was for another day at 70 degrees or better which would make it five days in a row, which is quite a milestone for the month of March.… Read story

FILE - People stand by their houses in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 5, 2023. South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 113 Fahrenheit, in a statement late Saturday.

South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

FILE - People stand by their houses in Juba, South Sudan, on Feb. 5, 2023. South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 113 Fahrenheit, in a statement late Saturday.

March 18, 2024, 8:14am Nation & World

South Sudan is closing all schools starting Monday in preparation for an extreme heat wave expected to last two weeks. Read story

A pedestrian moves along Speer Boulevard as a late winter storm dropped up to a foot of snow Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the storm will persist until early Friday, snarling traffic along Colorado&#039;s Front Range communities.

Storm dumps over 4 feet of snow in Colorado, leaving thousands without power

A pedestrian moves along Speer Boulevard as a late winter storm dropped up to a foot of snow Thursday, March 14, 2024, in Denver. Forecasters predict that the storm will persist until early Friday, snarling traffic along Colorado&#039;s Front Range communities.

March 15, 2024, 12:19pm Nation & World

A major storm dumped over 4 feet (1 meter) of snow in northern Colorado before ending Friday, leaving thousands without power and continuing to make travel hazardous in the mountains and foothills west of Denver. Read story