Central and northern California was under flood warnings with tens of thousands without power. A succession of atmospheric rivers — plumes of tropical moisture that bring heavy rain and snow — has lashed the areas, filling rivers and soaking the ground.
— plumes of tropical moisture that bring heavy rain and snow — has lashed northern and central California, filling rivers, breaching levees and soaking the ground. The storms have saturated the soil, leaving the state especially vulnerable to more downpours.
“We anticipate that this may be one of the most challenging and impactful series of storms to touch down in California in the last five years,” Nancy Ward, California’s newly appointed director of emergency services, said in a briefing.The barrage of storms is expected to continue for at least another week.
“We’re moving from extreme drought to extreme flood,” said Karla Nemeth, director of the California Department of Water Resources. “What that means is a lot of our trees are stressed after three years of intense drought.”In the Bay Area, wheretrapped motorists in cars and flooded the streets of San Francisco, flights were delayed, a neighborhood was evacuated and at least one at least one death was attributed to the weather.
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