Be prepared: 'Extreme' El Niño events to double, study says
Sunday, January 19, 2014 - 13:31
in Earth & Climate
During February 1998, a powerful jet stream pounded California with an unrelenting series of wet Pacific storms. Longstanding rainfall records fell. Oceanfront homes slumped into the roiling surf. Roads washed out across the state. Federal disaster areas were declared in 35 counties.