Torrents of mud and floodwater cover roads and trap cars in LA, but city dodges another disaster
As Southern California recovers from last month’s devastating wildfires, heavy rain resulted in pockets of flooding, blocked ...
Evacuations issued in Southern California as heavy rain brings threat of debris flows in areas scarred by wildfires
For the second time this year, Southern Californians are evacuating their homes as heavy rain threatens new destruction in ...
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Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers
More than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped rainfall on California in 2023 but replenished only 25 percent of the water lost from aquifers since 2006.
How does that atmospheric river flow? Scientists modernize research to understand
While most look for ways to avoid the steady rain falling from atmospheric rivers, some take advantage of the unwieldy ...
Atmospheric rivers explain atypical El Niño and La Niña years
El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the ...
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