What are atmospheric rivers and will climate change worsen them in California?

What are atmospheric rivers and will climate change worsen them in California?

California is currently experiencing another series of atmospheric rivers, causing widespread flooding and prompting evacuation orders for millions of people. The upcoming twelfth river is expected to bring even more precipitation during the week of March 19. Most of Northern California and the entire coast may get 2-6 inches of rain next week. State Climatologist … Read more

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts?

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts?

California is a land of expansion and contraction. Nowhere is that more clear than in its rivers: a month ago they were suffering from drought and now, suddenly, they are overwhelmed by the fearsome storms that hit the state. Rainfall in the region can benefit families’ pockets since barrels can be used to accumulate rainwater and, … Read more

Floods in California: 17 dead and more rains expected

Floods in California: 17 dead and more rains expected

Heavy rains in California State killed 17 people on Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said, including two motorists who died in a crash on Highway 99 in Tulare County when a tree that had been hit was struck by lightning on the highway, the authorities reported. Heavy rain and winds battered the San Francisco Bay … Read more