Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising
- Written by Chad Hecht, Research and Operations Meteorologist, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, University of California, San Diego
Tulare Lake is reemerging as flood water spreads across miles of California farmland.
Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesTo get a sense of the enormous amount of water atmospheric rivers dumped on the Western U.S. this year and the magnitude of the flood risk ahead, take a look at California’s Central Valley, where about a...