https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/will-el-nino-end-the-southwests-megadrought
The remnant of a Pacific hurricane roared up the Baja a few weeks ago, soaking much of California and parts of Nevada with record rainfall and leaving mud-slides and flooding in its wake. This comes on the heels of an exceptionally wet winter.
For the past two nights a powerful storm system, packing drenching rain and a lightning show that would’ve made Zeus proud, crashed and strobed its way through parts of Nevada, Arizona and Utah. It’s been a healthy monsoon season.
This pattern is beginning to appear sustained and could be part of a larger “mega-drought” busting event. Only time will tell, but so far the difference is real.
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