Holy ‘Atmospheric River,’ More Rain, Flooding Coming To California
Over 560,000 California homes and businesses as of Sunday are without power after being hit with roughly a week of heavy rain coming off the Pacific Ocean, and more precipitation is expected this week.
At least six people – including a toddler killed by a fallen redwood tree crushing a mobile home in northern California – have died as a result of the severe weather that arrived New Year’s weekend,
Forecasters are now warning about another “atmospheric river” – dense, moist tropical air for the state Monday that will bring rains and as much as two feet of mountain snow.
The National Weather Service is warning about the cumulative effect of record river levels and flooding across much of Central California.
