Rain
Most U.S. states are basking in warmth
WASHINGTON -- At least it's a dry heat.The federal government's spring weather forecast offers no respite from warmer weather, but the country should get a break from the spring flooding that's hit the last four years.
Date: 03/15/2012 | Nation & World
Learn tricks for your garden in free classes
Our biggest Northwest natural resource -- rain -- can go to work in your garden to benefit your landscape, better the environment and sustain wildlife. It's free and so's this series of workshops and tours.
Date: 02/11/2012 | Life
Part of Texas gets some relief from drought
HOUSTON -- The rain that started trickling into Texas in the fall may finally be making a dent in Dallas, but the rest of the massive state is still a long way off from being out of a historic drought, and climate experts are warning against any premature partying.
Date: 02/03/2012 | Nation & World
Winter storms snarl holiday traffic and flights
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Heavy snow from a winter storm blanketed parts of the West on Friday, stranding motorists throughout New Mexico and delaying holiday travelers trying to fly in and out of Albuquerque and Denver.
Date: 12/24/2011 | Nation & World
Blustery weather expected to return in time for Thanksgiving
Wind whipped, the sky sobbed and rivers rose across Western Washington on Tuesday, and more wild and wet weather is on tap through Thanksgiving.For all the sogginess and bluster, Snohomish County fared better than most other areas.
Date: 11/22/2011 | Local News
Early storm pelts East Coast with wet, heavy snow
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A classic nor'easter was chugging along up the East Coast and expected to dump anywhere from a dusting of snow to about 10 inches throughout the region starting Saturday, a decidedly unseasonal date for a type of storm more associated with midwinter.
Date: 10/29/2011 | Nation & World
Winter likely to be a repeat of last year, forecasters say
WASHINGTON — Winter 2011-12 is likely to be an encore of last winter for much of the northern United States, with the worst cold and snow concentrated around the Great Lakes, and drought continuing and expanding from the Southwest states to Florida, government and private forecasters...
Date: 10/21/2011 | Nation & World
Typhoon dumps record rain on Japan, killing 20
TOKYO — Typhoon Talas dumped record amounts of rain Sunday in western and central Japan, killing at least 20 people and stranding thousands more as it turned towns into lakes, washed away cars and triggered mudslides that obliterated houses. At least 50 people were missing, local media...
Date: 09/04/2011 | Nation & World
Lee lashes Gulf Coast, flood threat expands inland
NEW ORLEANS, La. — The center of Tropical Storm Lee made landfall Sunday on the Louisiana coast, bringing up to a foot of rain, spinoff tornadoes and fears of inland flash flooding to the Deep South and beyond.
Date: 09/04/2011 | Nation & World
Tropical Storm Lee dumps on the Gulf Coast
JEAN LAFITTE, La. — Bands of heavy rain and strong wind gusts from Tropical Storm Lee knocked out power to thousands in Louisiana and Mississippi on Saturday and prompted evacuations in bayou towns like Jean Lafitte, where water was lapping at the front doors of some homes.
Date: 09/03/2011 | Nation & World
Irene's victims tired of waiting in the dark
WARWICK, R.I. — Cold showers. Meals in the dark. Refrigerators full of spoiled food. No TV. No Internet. Up and down the East Coast, patience is wearing thin among the hundreds of thousands of people still waiting for the electricity to come back on after Hurricane Irene knocked out the power...
Date: 09/02/2011 | Nation & World
Texas drought may persist for another year
SAN ANTONIO — The drought that has turned Texas and parts of the Plains into a parched moonscape of cracked earth could persist into next year, prolonging the misery of farmers and ranchers who have endured a dry spell that is now expected to be the state's worst since the 1950s.
Date: 08/05/2011 | Nation & World
Summer's sun still elusive, but the berries are ripe for picking
Are we halfway through July already? It sure doesn't feel like it.Meteorologists expected the weather to rebound by now and treat us to those perfectly sunny days that make summer in Western Washington worth the wait.
Date: 07/16/2011 | Local News
Dreary days cooler than human BBQ weather
Ah, rain in the middle of July.Folks dabbing brows in Phoenix, Ariz., may not even know, because it doesn't rate national press, that summer has been unusually mild and great for rock hunting in Western Washington.
Date: 07/15/2011 | Local News
Half a year, 14 nice days
From January to June, the weather was mostly shades of gray
Date: 07/07/2011 | Need to Know
Airliners make rain that wets airport terrain
WASHINGTON — The planes make rain that wets airport terrain.Airplanes flying through super-cooled clouds around airports can cause condensation that results in more snow and rain nearby, according to a new study.
Date: 06/30/2011 | Nation & World
North Dakota flood waters begin to fall
MINOT, N.D. — The Souris River began a slow retreat from Minot on Sunday with no further flood damage in the city, but officials warned danger would remain for several days until the highest water passed.
Date: 06/26/2011 | Nation & World
North Dakota flood swamps more than 4,000 homes
MINOT, N.D. — The Souris River neared its crest Saturday in Minot, where city officials hoped to ride out the high water without losing more than the thousands of homes already damaged by flooding.
Date: 06/25/2011 | Nation & World
Water going over levees, N. Dakota governor says
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the Souris River is flowing over most levees in Minot as it surges past a 130-year-old record level.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Nation & World
More flood evacuations in N. Dakota town
MINOT, N.D. -- Officials in North Dakota's fourth-largest city said Thursday they had done all they could to protect critical infrastructure from the rising Souris River as it headed toward a record flood.
Date: 06/24/2011 | Nation & World
Most Missouri River levees holding up to flood's surge
HAMBURG, Iowa — The surge of water released from dams holding back the rain-swollen upper Missouri River reached deeper into Nebraska and Iowa on Thursday, headed swiftly toward Missouri and a soggy summer.
Date: 06/17/2011 | Nation & World
Montana town floods for second time in 2 weeks
ROUNDUP, Mont. — One of the hardest-hit towns in flood-soaked Montana took another blow Wednesday, as record flooding struck the small agricultural community for the second time in two weeks and forced residents to flee homes they had just started to clean up.
Date: 06/08/2011 | Nation & World
Snow melts, dams fill, floods feared across West
GRAND COULEE DAM — The giant concrete dams of the Pacific Northwest are overflowing with water. Wyoming has deployed National Guard troops to pile up sandbags. A federal official compares the impending situation to a bucking bull ready to storm out of his chute.
Date: 06/02/2011 | Nation & World
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