Airport arrival delays exceeded more than two hours while wind gusts around 50 mph and blowing dust covered the Las Vegas Valley for more than a dozen hours Saturday.
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NV Energy will conduct a planned outage in Kyle Canyon because of high winds forecast for the region.
A cold front moving south will turn warm weather into extremely windy conditions and perhaps a bit of winter before the weekend ends, says the National Weather Service.
Distant tornadoes, more flash flood warnings than in 10 years and devastation in Death Valley were all part of the Las Vegas region’s monsoon season.
Daily high temperatures will stay several degrees above normal for the coming week, says the National Weather Service.
A video of a Metro rescue helicopter lowering a rescue team member to the top of a half-submerged van south of Overton was posted Wednesday.
Dangerous, prolonged heat has settled over the western part of the country. NV Energy is asking for help conserving power. California is warning of possible blackouts.
At Harry Reid International Airport, 1.45 inches of rain were recorded so far this year, from Jan. 1 to Aug. 30. That’s below the 30-year average of 2.77 inches for the same time period.
Even though Las Vegas is exiting August with a scorching heat wave typical of this time of year, the month’s weather has been wet, cool, wild and weird.
With a heat warning in effect this week in Southern Nevada, cooling stations are available to help those in need of respite.
Most heat complaints to Nevada OSHA were about a lack of air conditioning, causing temperatures to soar and workers feeling nauseous, fatigued and dizzy.
Although images that show flooding at The Linq’s parking garage can be shocking, the chaotic flow of water mostly does what it was designed to do.
Saturday may be the last day of possible rain before high pressure provides clear skies for a few days.
Storms might be a bit less of a risk in the valley on Friday, says the National Weather Service.
A round of storms clipped the northern part of the Las Vegas Valley late Thursday night, triggering a severe thunderstorm warning.
The valley has recorded only six days of triple-digit temperatures this month, the National Weather Service said in a tweet. A high of 102 on Wednesday made it seven.
Monsoonal moisture returned to the Las Vegas area on Monday, but the nearby mountains received the brunt of the storms.