•At least nine people killed:Nine weather-related deaths have been recorded in California during the powerful storms, the state’s Office of Emergency Management said.At least four of the people killed were struck by falling trees in areas experiencing gusty winds, according to local officia...
2 Southern California Storms Could Bring Flooding to Areas Burned by Colby FireA pair of winter storms expected this week have officialsconcerned about the potential for...PinionWhitt, Melissa
The Los Angeles fire chief said it has responded to 307 mudslides since an atmospheric river-fueled storm moved into Southern California.
"We had large rocks and debris in the lane," California Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Koehlertold CBS Los Angeles. After moving down the coast from Northern California, the second of back-to-back storms prompted temporary evacuations Tuesday night in Camarillo Springs, which was hit by mudslides l...
Analysis of the Project should more carefully consider the extreme precipitation events that are among the expected consequences of climate change. Though retaining and revegetating open space is only one tool in our toolbox for detaining and slowing storm water, the large storms of unprecedented ma...
Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook La Niña (redirected fromEl Nino-Southern Oscillation) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia La Ni·ña (lä nēn′yä) n. A cooling of the ocean surface off the western coast of South America, occurring periodically every 4 to 12 years and affecting Pa...
Strong winter storms in southern California destroyed most of the canopy of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera but not the patches of understory kelps in the Point Loma kelp forest near San Diego. Subsequent massive recruitment of Macrocystis juveniles and adults that survived the storms had low su...
However, the footprint from the larger barrage of storms associated with that moisture pipeline, which is known to meteorologists as an "atmospheric river," will have a multi-hazard footprint that would make any national political candidate envious -- sweeping states from California northward to Wa...
from a variety of sources, including the University of Oklahoma, and the National Weather Service. Greg continues to volunteer as a Skywarn weather observer for the National Weather Service. This has led to many hours out in the field storm chasing and getting up close with the storms he ...
As El Nino hits California's mountains, Southern California is bracing itself for a series of storms. These storms are both a blessing and a curse for the region, which has been suffering through a long drought. Ben Tracy explains what residents can