Nearly a dozen atmospheric rivers have led to higher levels of total snowpack and rainfall in many areas of California not seen in decades.
Another atmospheric river storm brought strong winds, rainfall and flooding to California this week, prompting levee breaches and mudslides and breaking decades-old rainfall records across the state.Nearly a dozen atmospheric rivers have led to higher levels of total snowpack and rainfall in many areas of the state not seen in decades.
The West Coast is experiencing an unusually wet season following two decades of drought. Nearly a dozen atmospheric rivers have led to higher levels of total snowpack and rainfall in many areas of the state not seen in decades. Gov. Gavin Newsom this week toured damaged areas in Pajaro in north Monterey County after the community endured flooding from a levee breach along the Pajaro River. The governor noted that widespread damage across the state from the winter storms was an indication of how climate change is triggering worsening weather extremes.
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