California faces another atmospheric river event that forecasters warn will bring heavy rains, widespread flooding and mountain snow to much of the state through Wednesday.
As heavy rain fell early Tuesday, officials warned the latest atmospheric river could "hammer" areas inundated by flooding in the earlier storm.
The National Weather Service issued a "high risk" excessive rainfall outlook, the highest on its scale and a relatively rare designation. The NWS is warning of "Considerable to locally catastrophic flooding impacts" below 5,000 feet, with the heaviest rains moving gradually moving down the coast from the San Francisco Bay Area, into the southern Sierra Nevada foothills Tuesday.. "Areas that normally do not experience flash flooding will flood. Lives and property are in great danger from Tuesday into Wednesday."
Satellite image showing an atmospheric river taking aim at California on March 14. Darker green colors indicate the highest moisture levels. Image: NOAA.
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