Southern California residents weary of a storm-soaked winter were hit Wednesday by parting shots from the season's 11th atmospheric river, which flooded roadways, caused landslides and toppled trees throughout the state.
which can cause extreme flooding when these weather phenomena make landfall and release stored water vapor. Flooding closed several miles of Pacific Coast Highway through Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles on the Orange County coast. An overnight mudslide onto a road in the Baldwin Hills area of Los Angeles County trapped two cars, Crews assess storm damage, which washed out North Main Street in Soquel, Calif., Friday, March 10, 2023.
California was deep in a drought before an unexpected series of atmospheric rivers barreled into the state from late December through mid-January, causing flooding while building a staggering snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. While just 17% of storms on the West Coast are caused by atmospheric rivers, they contribute to 30% to 50% of California's precipitation, a study by NASA.
Runoff from a powerful atmospheric river last week burst a levee on the Pajaro River, triggering evacuations as water flooded farmland and agricultural communities. Nearly half of the people under evacuation orders were in Monterey County. The first phase of repairs on the 400-foot levee breach was completed Tuesday afternoon and crews were working to raise the section to full height, county officials said.
Despite California's rains winding down, flood warnings remain in effect on the central coast for the Salinas and Pajaro rivers in and other rivers in the Central Valley as water runs off land that has been saturated by storms since late December.
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