The atmospheric river that deluged San Diego last week followed close on the heels of enormous waves that punished the California coast at the beginning of the year, with both weather events setting off alarms in more ways than one.
For the second time in a month, torrential flooding returned to Southern California this week with El Niño-fueled rains rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. This time San Diego felt the punch. The city, known for weather “the closest thing to perfect in America,” experienced one of its wettest days on record.
Weather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.
The pump is primed for another stretch of very stormy weather next week and into early February. What forecasters have yet to fully determine is where the next fire hose of moisture will be aimed: at San Diego again, at points to the north or even at the entire state of California.
OPINION – Climate Is Changing and So Should Our Emergency Preparedness
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Times of San Diegoby Allen DavisThe atmospheric river that deluged San Diego last week followed close on the heels of enormous waves that punished the California coast at the beginning of the year, with both weather events setting off alarms in more ways than one.
Dry, Sunny San Diego Was Hit With Damaging Floods. What’s Going On? Is It Climate Change?
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /USA Todayby Dinah Voyles Pulver & Doyle RiceFor the second time in a month, torrential flooding returned to Southern California this week with El Niño-fueled rains rolling in off the Pacific Ocean. This time San Diego felt the punch. The city, known for weather “the closest thing to perfect in America,” experienced one of its wettest days on record.
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/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Los Angeles Timesby Hayley Smith & Grace TooheyWeather officials had been warning Californians about the wrath of El Niño for months — even as some residents had begun to think the typically soaking climate pattern had gone AWOL.
Another Storm Is on the Horizon. Will San Diego Get Hit Again?
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Maddie Simmons /Voice of San Diegoby Robert KrierThe pump is primed for another stretch of very stormy weather next week and into early February. What forecasters have yet to fully determine is where the next fire hose of moisture will be aimed: at San Diego again, at points to the north or even at the entire state of California.