The U.S. Pacific Coast has been battered by a series of winter storms caused by an “atmospheric river” condition, leading to massive damage throughout the region.
This comes as winter storms pummeled much of the country’s northwest, especially upstate New York, which killed dozens of Americans.
The week’s first atmospheric river-induced storm affecting the West Coast arrived late Monday with howling winds, driving snow, and drenching rains as it spread south.
Atmospheric rivers are powerful streams of moisture that flow over the Pacific and can reportedly carry the same amount of water through the air as the mouth of the Mississippi, reported Bloomberg….