Environment
El Niño or Not, Floods Are Coming to California
Deluges tend to follow droughts. Are cities prepared?
With El Niño conditions strengthening over the Pacific Ocean, Californians are crossing their fingers for “drought-busting” rainstorms this winter. The San Jose Mercury News reports:
Though those are powerful calculations, it’s still too early too tell whether the infamous climate cycle will in fact produce significant rainfall, or even flooding, over thirsty California. Even if it does, it’ll take more than one major event to “bust” the state’s historic drought.