Atmospheric river to soak the Northwest, raise flood risk th

The first month of the year will end as it started in the Pacific Northwest - on a very soggy note - as a series of storms will bring heavy rain and a risk of flooding to the region over the next week, warn AccuWeather meteorologists. The storminess will come via an atmospheric river, a continuous flow of moisture that will extend from the Pacific Ocean into the northwestern United States and British Columbia, Canada. It will result in relentless rain events, which could unload over a foot of ra

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