Oct 25, 2021 06:41 PM
Continued from a sub-topic elsewhere: https://www.scivillage.com/thread-11135-...l#pid46744
Bomb Cyclone and ‘Atmospheric River’ Pummel California With Rain and Wind
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/bo...river.html
Two storms converged in the Bay Area on Sunday, bringing floods, high winds and some much-needed rain to a drought-stricken state. [...] The state authorities warned that areas with burn scars, where vegetation was at least partially eliminated by a fire, could see debris flows of rushing mud, rocks or vegetation that may sound, as they phrased it, like a freight train.
After drought, US west coast slammed by 'bomb cyclone'fter drought, US west coast slammed by 'bomb cyclone'
https://phys.org/news/2021-10-drought-we...clone.html
RELEASE: Severe thunderstorms bringing record rainfall hit northern California on Monday, following several months of gigantic forest fires caused by drought. The phenomenon, known as a "bomb cyclone," came from the Pacific Ocean and struck San Francisco and Oakland, as well as the states of Oregon and Washington, further north, on Sunday.
The rain caused multiple floods and mudslides, blocking roads, while winds of more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour tore trees and roofs. Two people were killed when a tree fell on their vehicle near Seattle.
Sacramento, the capital of California which didn't see any rainfall from March to September, saw an all-time record 5.44 inches (14 centimeters), according to a Monday update from the National Weather Service. Heavy snowfall has also struck the Sierra Nevada mountain range as the weather front headed east.
The rain has been falling on the dry soils of the drought-stricken western United States, a situation exacerbated by the effects of climate change. California has been affected for several years by increasingly numerous and destructive blazes, and with a marked lengthening of the fire season. At the end of July, the area burned in the state was up 250 percent compared to 2020, which itself was already one of the worst years in terms of fires.
Bomb Cyclone and ‘Atmospheric River’ Pummel California With Rain and Wind
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/bo...river.html
Two storms converged in the Bay Area on Sunday, bringing floods, high winds and some much-needed rain to a drought-stricken state. [...] The state authorities warned that areas with burn scars, where vegetation was at least partially eliminated by a fire, could see debris flows of rushing mud, rocks or vegetation that may sound, as they phrased it, like a freight train.
After drought, US west coast slammed by 'bomb cyclone'fter drought, US west coast slammed by 'bomb cyclone'
https://phys.org/news/2021-10-drought-we...clone.html
RELEASE: Severe thunderstorms bringing record rainfall hit northern California on Monday, following several months of gigantic forest fires caused by drought. The phenomenon, known as a "bomb cyclone," came from the Pacific Ocean and struck San Francisco and Oakland, as well as the states of Oregon and Washington, further north, on Sunday.
The rain caused multiple floods and mudslides, blocking roads, while winds of more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) per hour tore trees and roofs. Two people were killed when a tree fell on their vehicle near Seattle.
Sacramento, the capital of California which didn't see any rainfall from March to September, saw an all-time record 5.44 inches (14 centimeters), according to a Monday update from the National Weather Service. Heavy snowfall has also struck the Sierra Nevada mountain range as the weather front headed east.
The rain has been falling on the dry soils of the drought-stricken western United States, a situation exacerbated by the effects of climate change. California has been affected for several years by increasingly numerous and destructive blazes, and with a marked lengthening of the fire season. At the end of July, the area burned in the state was up 250 percent compared to 2020, which itself was already one of the worst years in terms of fires.