FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: FLOODING IN BC AND WASHINGTON STATE AND MORE RAIN TO COME!
Never-ending series of storms brings more flood fears to western Washington state, British Columbia.....Parts of western Washington state and British Columbia are dealing with renewed flooding as the latest in a series of atmospheric rivers bombards the region. Atmospheric rivers, or narrow jets of atmospheric moisture often originating from the tropics, have pointed at this area for more than six weeks, leading to historic amounts of precipitation and, at times, serious flooding. The National Weather Service reported Tuesday that Seattle posted its wettest meteorological fall (September through November) on record, with more than 19 inches of rain.
Now the same areas are being hit hard again by a third atmospheric river in a week. After some areas were engulfed by high water over the weekend, flood watches are up again across northwestern Washington, where an additional two to four inches of rain or more are possible. In western British Columbia, at least six inches of rain could fall in the high terrain...The heavy rain is also bringing an elevated concern for dangerous mudslides and landslides, which could further sever routes.
“Persistent rainfall over the last few weeks has dramatically increased soil moisture to high levels across Western Washington,” wrote the National Weather Service in Seattle. “The increased threat of landslides will continue.”
As of early afternoon Tuesday, light to moderate rain was falling along the coast of Washington as well as across Vancouver Island. The Vancouver, B.C., metro area was under a rainfall warning from Environment Canada, its equivalent of the National Weather Service, with snowfall and wind warnings also hoisted across western British Columbia..
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