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State of emergency declared as atmospheric river brings ‘potentially historic’ flood threat

State of emergency declared as atmospheric river brings ‘potentially historic’ flood threat

Waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, Calif., on Sunday. (Noah Berger/AP) Scientists are saying that climate change and El Niño, a climate pattern caused by the warming of the Pacific Ocean, are the culprits for the extreme weather that California is experiencing this winter. Here’s what USA Today reported: Multiple weather phenomena are conspiring to make these storms particularly damaging. Warm water provides energy to storms, and record-high ocean water temperatures, likely from… Source link

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