Atmospheric River California February 2024

Atmospheric River California February 2024. Fox weather correspondent max gorden is in los angeles where landslides have sent large boulders and debris rushing down the steep landscape of the hollywood hills as a deadly atmospheric river continues to slam. Climate change might be intensifying storms like it — but scientists are still working out.

While atmospheric rivers frequently make landfall in california during winter, 2024 has the added effect of being an el niño year, which tends to alter the atmospheric circulation. The storm, driven by the season’s first major atmospheric river, inundated the region, killing at least three people and causing widespread power outages.