Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Latest Stories

News >  Weather

Rare tornado touches down in NorCal during wild weather weekend

A tornado touched down on Sunday afternoon as part of the wild weekend weather happening throughout Northern California. The tornado only touched down for a brief moment — roughly for one minute, from 2:05 to 2:06 p.m. — according to the National Weather Service. It occurred in an unpopulated, rural area in Tehama County, about four miles southeast of Vina. The county has a population of ...
News >  Weather

What does drought look like? How record-low snowpack is hitting southwestern Colorado

DENVER — Colorado is experiencing its lowest snowpack levels since record-keeping began statewide in 1941. Statewide snowpack, as of Thursday, was at 26% of the median — about a quarter of what the state typically has this time of year, according to data from the USDA National Water and Climate Center. That means there is roughly 74% less snow than normal feeding rivers like the Colorado ...
News >  Weather

Up to 5 storms predicted to impact US in AccuWeather hurricane season forecast

Despite a prediction of a slow hurricane season, up to five tropical systems could still make an impact on the United States this year, according to the forecast released Wednesday by AccuWeather. One of the first annual prognostications for the season, which officially runs June 1-Nov. 30, calls for 11 to 16 named storms — of which four to seven would become hurricanes. Of those, two to four ...