Flash flooding affected fire-scarred areas of Northern California on Thursday, 29 November, 2018. People were rescued from flooded homes and vehicles trapped in flooding near Paradise and Chico in Butte…
The remnants of Hurricane Rosa brought heavy rain and flooding to parts of Mexico and Arizona USA from 01 October 2018. Hurricane Rosa formed in the East Pacific and reached…
A study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) predicts dramatic shifts between extreme dry and extreme wet weather in California by end of 21st century, something…
Emergency services in California carried out several flood rescues after a powerful storm and record rain brought flooding and landslides. The storm lasted around 3 days and affected areas from…
Rising sea levels are predicted to submerge many coastal areas around San Francisco Bay by 2100, but a new study warns that sinking land – primarily the compaction of landfill…
This month’s tragic mudslides in Montecito, California are a reminder that natural hazards lurk on the doorsteps of many U.S. homes, even in affluent communities. Similar events occur every year…
Winter rains falling on recently burned ground triggered deadly mudslides in Santa Barbara County, California on January 9. NASA calculated the amount of rain fall between January 8 and 10,…
Update, 11 January 2018 County of Santa Barbara authorities say more deaths have been confirmed, bringing the total number of fatalities to 15, as of late 10 January. At least…
The crippling wintertime droughts that struck California from 2013 to 2015, as well as this year’s unusually wet California winter, appear to be associated with the same phenomenon: a distinctive…
Yet more heavy rain and flooding has been reported in California, this time in the San Diego area where the San Diego river overflowed on 28 February, 2017. Heavy rain…
NASA has estimated rainfall from the Pineapple Express over the coastal regions southwestern Oregon and northern California from the series of storms in February, 2017. The West Coast is once…
Update The mandatory evacuation area in San Jose has been expanded and now includes around 14,00 residents. In a statement earlier today, the City said: “Although the rain has largely…
Southern California was hit with one of the strongest storms in years on Friday 17 February 2017, bringing heavy winds and torrential rain which triggered flooding and mudslides. Meanwhile central…
Satellite imagery captured the beginning of a chain of Eastern Pacific Ocean storms forecast to affect the U.S. West Coast. A close-up satellite view show from Feb. 17 shows a…
Last winter’s El Niño might have felt weak to residents of Southern California, but it was in fact one of the most powerful climate events of the past 145 years.…
Tens of thousands of residents in Northern California were ordered to immediately evacuate their homes on Sunday 12 February after erosion at the emergency spillway at Lake Oroville threatened to…
