A successive series of powerful atmospheric river storms poses a growing threat to California as the ground becomes more saturated, river levels rise and heavy winds threaten the power infrastructure.
This week’s storms are expected to dump intense levels of rain in a fairly short period of time. The greatest potential for disaster is in Northern California, which has already been battered by several destructive storms — including one this weekend that caused a deadly levee breach. But each new storm, including one set to arrive Wednesday, adds new pressure.
“To put it simply, this will likely be one of the most impactful systems on a widespread scale that this meteorologist has seen in a long while,” the weather service said in its, adding that widespread flooding, downed trees, power outages and hillside collapses are likely. Part of the concern about the incoming system is that it will arrive on top of that overload, Swain said. He noted that in October 2021, abrought significant rainfall to the state but did not cause nearly the same amount of damage because the conditions leading up to it were more dry. Whereas now, “it’s going to take a much lesser storm to produce much greater impacts given how wet it is.”
“We already have some ongoing flooding in the area ... and we’re expecting more heavy rain,” he said.Forecasters are warning Californians to brace for another storm starting Wednesday: ‘It’s going to be a challenging couple of days.’ In fact, one recent study out of UCLA found that in areas where more than a fifth of the forest had burned,for six years after the fire, contributing to increased erosion, flooding and other hazards.
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