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A "Pineapple Express" weather system, or atmospheric river storm, moves towards the U.S. west coast in a composite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-West ...
An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is slamming California, leading to more than 800,000 without power and the potential for “life-threatening” flooding and mudslides as it dumps heavy ...
The Kern River Valley has a thriving tourism and outdoor recreation industry centered around its lake, rivers, and mountains. Camping, hunting and fishing are popular activities, as are white water rafting, boating, and other water sports. During wintertime, snow sports are possible in the surrounding Sierra Nevada mountains.
Swift water personnel and equipment are ready to respond in 12 California counties, with 400 personnel prepped across 16 counties, the state Office of Emergency Services said.
Both are so-called atmospheric rivers, which forecasters describe as long and narrow regions in the atmosphere that transport water vapor. There could also be 10 to 20 inches of snow in the Sierra ...
The dam is 130 feet (40 m) tall and composed of hydraulic fill.. Lake Almanor Dam, spillway, and release point for the North Fork Feather River. The first dam was completed by Great Western Power in 1914 [2] as part of the Upper North Fork Feather River Project, damming the North Fork of the Feather River and flooding the meadow-filled valley generally known as Nakam Koyo/Big Meadows/Big ...
The Petaluma River is a river in the California counties of Sonoma and Marin [1] that becomes a tidal slough for most of its length. The headwaters are in the area southwest of Cotati . The flow is generally southward through Petaluma's old town, where the waterway becomes navigable, and then flows another 10 mi (16 km) through tidal marshes ...
At the peak of the storm, some locations — like Donner Pass in California and Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border — could experience snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and ...