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Sep. 25—A dust storm that rolled into Spokane on Wednesday afternoon knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses and caused a fire along a busy South Hill road during the ...
Sep. 30—Dozens of insurance companies have joined in filing a lawsuit against Inland Power and Light for damages that resulted from the Gray fire last August. The suit, filed in Spokane County ...
One of the largest blazes, the so-called Gray Fire near Spokane in eastern Washington, began around noon and a few hours later had surged through 4.7 square miles (12 square kilometers) of grass ...
A red flag warning was issued at 8:51 am on August 18, 2023, in which National Weather Service Officials warned that wind gusts of up to 35 mph would create critical fire weather and cause fires to spread rapidly. The Oregon Fire began in Spokane County near the community of Elk at about 4:13 pm on August 18, 2023.
The zone-based dust storm warning was replaced by the new blowing dust warning. In addition to the new dust storm warning format, a lesser-impact dust advisory will be issued by the National Weather Service if the criteria for a warning are not met and if travel impacts are still expected.
A dust storm, also called a sandstorm, is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions. [1] Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface.
Get the Spokane, WA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Live updates . Another 200,000 people face evacuation warnings in Los Angeles area; 20 people have been arrested ...
In US maritime warning flag systems, a red square flag with a black square taking up the middle ninth of the flag is used to indicate a storm warning (the use of two such flags denotes a hurricane force wind warning or a hurricane warning). The same flag as a storm warning is used to indicate a tropical storm warning. On land, the National ...