Southeastern States (US)

One of the Weather World’s Biggest Buzzwords Expands Its Reach

alishpagda08@gmail.com3 months ago013 mins

For people on the West Coast, atmospheric rivers, a weather phenomenon that can bring heavy rain or snow from San Diego to Vancouver, are as common a feature of winter as Nor’easters are in Boston. Like those East Coast storms, “atmospheric river” can feel like a buzzword — more attention grabbing than just “heavy rain,”…

‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain

alishpagda08@gmail.com3 months ago05 mins

The severe storm system that has inundated the central and southeastern United States with heavy rain and high winds for days fits into a broader pattern in recent decades of increasing rainfall across the eastern half of the United States. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for 1991 through 2020 show that the…