Heavy rain and mountain snow have been pounding the western U.S. resulting in flooding, mudslides, and more—all thanks to something called an 'atmospheric river.' Learn more about this weather phenomenon in our new EarthFromOrbit:
—as it occasionally does—it carries moisture and rainfall as far north as British Columbia and as far south as the Southwestern U.S.
On Sunday, California and the Pacific Northwest were hit by both a large atmospheric river as well as what meteorologists call a “bomb cyclone,” which forms when air pressure drops rapidly and the storm explosively strengthens. According to NWS Seattle, the storm’s pressure dropped toThis convergence of storms brought more than
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