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Today's top weather news for Monday, Dec. 9, 2024: Portions of Southern California are seeing a "particularly dangerous" wildfire threat this week while millions in the Northeast and South will ...
Rain continues to fall in Southern California from an atmospheric river, raising the risk for additional mudslides with more than 120 reported so far in Los Angeles.
The storms caused record-breaking rainfall totals to be observed in multiple areas, as well as the declaration of states of emergency in multiple counties in Southern California. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Wind gusts of hurricane force were observed in San Francisco , along with wind gusts reaching over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) in the Sierra Nevada .
For many along the California coast and parts of the Central Valley, rain amounts with the latest event are expected to tally 0.50 of an inch to an inch through Thursday.
During the El Niño phase, the jet stream is located south through California, allowing for warmer temperatures and more heavy rains to occur, particularly in the southern portions of the state. During the La Niña phase, the jet stream is much further north, and therefore the far northern portions of California are wetter, while the southern ...
In mid-March 2019, California was declared drought-free except for a small pocket of abnormally dry conditions in Southern California. This declaration followed a series of powerful Pacific storms during the first few months of the year, which coincided with the U.S. experiencing drought conditions in the fewest parts of the country since 2000. [7]
As a brutal storm blows into California, wind gusts peaked at 61 miles per hour in the state’s southern region yesterday. Meanwhile, Santa Rosa island, just off the state’s coast, saw peak ...
Northern California saw its wettest winter in almost a century, breaking the record set in 1982–83. [6] The same storm systems also flooded parts of western Nevada and southern Oregon. The damage was estimated at $1.55 billion ($1,926,663,046 today [4]), [3] including damage to California roads and highways estimated at more than $1.05 ...