Pacific Coast Highway went from smoldering to flooded in just few weeks: California’s drought-to-deluge cycle on steroids
On Friday, the storied coastal road had dissolved into a river of mud and debris after a powerful rainstorm sent those burned ...
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Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers
More than a dozen atmospheric rivers dumped rainfall on California in 2023 but replenished only 25 percent of the water lost from aquifers since 2006.
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California’s groundwater drought continues despite torrential rain
Seismic measurement of Los Angeles’s depleted aquifers show a year of heavy precipitation hasn’t been enough to refill them ...
What’s an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon
Atmospheric rivers are long and relatively narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean. Some get the nickname ...
California Map Reveals Where State Is Sinking
NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...