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Another Megastorm is Due for California

megastorms come from moist tropical areas

If you’ve never heard of California’s 100-200 year storm, you’re not alone. The last megastorm dumped 10+ feet of rain and snow on California during a 43-day ordeal. The atmospheric river, shown above, began in December of 1862 and lasted until mid-January. Skip forward 156 years and we haven’t seen anything near this level of intensity. The megastorm decimated much […]

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Joseph Phillips | August 6, 2019
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