Pacific Storm Guarantees a ‘Washout’ For California on Sunday
- Landslide dangers rise across California, Pacific Northwest
- ‘Atmospheric river’ will pump massive moisture ashore
Storm system off the coast of Washington on Oct. 23.
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A powerful Pacific storm is slamming into California and the Pacific Northwest bringing crashing surf, flooding rains that could touch off mudslides, and heavy snow across the region’s higher elevations.
Drenching rain has already fallen in northern California, with parts of Marin County, north of San Francisco, getting 5.68 inches (14 centimeters), said Scott Rowe, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Flood, wind, and winter storm warnings stretch from the Oregon border to the central California.