Here in the Mid-Columbia we're more used to severe wind conditions, and perhaps that's why we seem to be better prepared for it. But in Spokane, the recent windstorm that passed through us first has left the city still paralyzed.
If you survived the brutally cold winter we're still trying to get over, then you know how powerful Mother Nature can be. Not that you needed it, but here's another reminder.
It didn't last really long, but the storm that blew through the Columbia Basin Tuesday was quite violent. Power lines down, fires sparked, 50-60 mph gusts, and tons of swimming pools full of dirt.
Wednesday the Tri-Cities saw a thunderstorm roll through in the afternoon around 4 p.m., and besides the thunder and lightning, we were treated to a blast of rain that left a 30-by-40-foot lake in our parking lot that was six inches deep, and had sheets of water pouring off the roof here at Townsquare Media...
An enormous tornado with a debris cloud two miles wide tore through the metropolitan area just south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon.
UPDATE 9:28 p.m. EST: At least 51 people were killed in the storm, including seven children from Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, according to KFOR in Oklahoma City. The news station reported that 75 student and staff were inside the school when the sto
Check out these felled trees in Howard Amon Park in Richland after the Dec. 17 wind storm. I counted five fallen trees plus at least one seriously damaged. I was surprised to see three trees fallen together like dominos.
The loss of 10 trees, large and small, to this historic heart of the city is catastrophic. And 10 is only the number of felled trees - that doesn't include trees that may be damaged beyond repair. Several of the downed trees are decades old.