Heavy storms and torrential rains they have been scanning the north for the last 24 hours California, which had previously been battling, for many months, giant forest fires, which caused drought.
The climatic phenomenon, called “meteorological bombComing from the Pacific Ocean, hit the area of San Francisco and Oakland yesterday, Sunday, as well as the states of Oregon and Washington, further north.
The rain caused floods and mud torrents, resulting in road closures, while winds speed more than 100 kilometers the hour they uprooted trees and destroyed roofs.
According to AFP, two people were killed from the fall of a tree on their vehicle near Seattle.
In Sacramento, the capital of California, where it did not rain between March and September, was recorded historical rain record with almost 14 cm in the city center, in a period of 24 hours, as reported by the meteorological services there on Monday morning (local time).
In addition, fierce snowfall hit her mountain range Sierra Nevada, with the bad weather moving like the east.
The rain is falling on dry soils of the western USA, at the mercy of a chronic drought, which is exacerbated by the effects of climate change.
California has been plagued by wildfires for years, more and more in number but also more catastrophic. At the end of July, the area of land burned in the state was larger by 250% compared to 2020, already one of the worst years in terms of fires.
Source: YouTube / The Telegraph
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