Stormy Weather To Continue For California

Since Christmas, the storm track has shifted south to California, bringing heavy rain and mountain snow to the Golden State. Parts of the Sierra Nevada have seen over 20 inches of liquid-equivalent precipitation, much of it in the form of snow. The most recent tempest occurred on January 4th and 5th. The image below shows […]

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The Oroville Dam Spillway Failure

Oroville Dam on 2/11/2017. The main spillway (center) is heavily damaged, so water is being let through the emergency spillway (top). There are concerns that the emergency spillway may erodeCredit: William Croyle, California Department of Water Resources The large gully to the right of the main spillway was caused by water flowing through its damaged concrete surface.

As I’ve mentioned in some of my previous posts, this has been an exceptionally stormy winter for much of California. While these storms have been crucial in eliminating California’s drought, they have also caused a variety of weather-related hazards in the Golden State. And no hazard has been bigger than the crisis on Northern California’s […]

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