'The massive bomb cyclone unleashing on California today illuminates key underlying climate and environmental challenges,' said emily_hoevenof calmatters.
that"the main reason why this storm is going to have a larger impact than it would have had if it had happened two or three weeks ago is that it's rained a lot in Northern California already recently, so everything's really saturated."San Francisco on Saturday alone—the city's second-wettest day ever logged in over 170 years of record-keeping.
"There's already active river flooding with levee breaks in Sacramento County, so that's the stage for something pretty intense coming in," Swain added, referring to last week'sExperts have voiced concern that Wednesday's storm is coming so quickly after last week's atmospheric river.Compounding moisture isn't the only cause for concern.
"In general, there's a strong relationship between areas that are burned in wildfires and debris flow in the year following when there's heavy rain," he said."And there's every reason to think that we will see more debris flows when we have the series of storms we're seeing now." In fact, one recent study out of UCLA found that in areas where more than a fifth of the forest had burned, stream flow increased by an average of 30% for six years after the fire, contributing to increased erosion, flooding, and other hazards.of arboreal mortality in forests as well as in urban areas, with dead trees posing a hazard to people, homes, and power lines during high winds.
;“The massive #BombCyclone unleashing on California today illuminates key underlying climate & environmental challenges facing state lawmakers, who today resume the 2023 legislative session.\n\nhttps://t.co/H1d9mtp95k;”
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