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Lake Shasta has risen 8 feet over the last week and more than 100 feet since Dec. 1.
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Avalanche engulfs three, killing one skier, in Colorado backcountry, authorities say
One of the survivors hiked out to find help.
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‘The couch vibrated.’ 3.0-magnitude quake rattles Northern California, geologists say
Nearly 200 people from as far away as San Francisco and Santa Cruz reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
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Multiday severe weather, flood threats loom from South to Ohio Valley
Spring begins the typical uptick in tornadoes across the U.S., and right on cue, a multiday severe weather threat with twisters, damaging winds, large hail and flooding rain looms from the South to the Ohio Valley in the season's first week.
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Creature of island mythology is real — and a new species, researchers in France say
Scientists began to take the creature seriously after one was accidentally captured.
- TODAY
Mountain lion attacks couple in hot tub on vacation in Colorado
A mountain lion attacked a man as he relaxed in a hot tub at a rental property in Chaffee County, Colorado, on March 18.
- LA Times
Heavy rain to hit Southern California; thousands flee flooding in Central Valley
A weary, storm-soaked California is bracing for another bout of heavy rain, power outages and potential flooding this week.
- Sacramento Bee
Spring? Video shows snow as far as eye can see in Lake Tahoe area as season changes
It’s the third snowiest year since 1946.
- Deseret News
'It just keeps coming': Warnings issued in Utah with wintry week ahead
The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for most of the state’s mountainous areas as another large storm headed toward the Beehive State, bringing more mountain snow Sunday night through early Tuesday.
- KTVU
Another Atmospheric River is on the way to the Bay Area
It will be a rainy start to the work week in the Bay Area. Light showers are expected on Monday, a stronger storm will arrive on Tuesday. The rain is expected to subside by Wednesday.
- Fox Weather
Skier on huge walls of snow surrounding home near Lake Tahoe
SnowBrains CEO Miles Clark told FOX Weather about 15 feet of snow was on top of his friend’s home in Olympic Valley, California earlier in March. Clark noted he was afraid of falling snow and began running through a snow tunnel leading to the home. The home shook when snow fell to the ground.
- Sacramento Bee
Mountain lion claws man’s head while he relaxes in hot tub, Colorado officials say
The man and his wife splashed water at the animal to scare it off, wildlife officials said.
- LA Times
Thousands of Central Valley residents told to leave homes ahead of another rain onslaught
Thousands of residents have been told to evacuate their homes in California's Central Valley as another storm arrives.
- Fox Weather
California crops lost after floods; how much of the US will feel the shortage?
Too much thing, rain, is sinking farmers’ bottom lines across California’s Central Coast. The area some call "America’s salad bowl" more resembles a soup bowl as round after round of atmospheric river-fueled storms overwhelmed farmland. We all may start to notice a difference in the grocery store as some staples become harder to find.
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Climate change: Couple set for Pole-to-Pole electric car challenge
The husband and wife will journey 17,000 miles from the Arctic to Antarctica, aided by renewables.
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San Joaquin River flood possible as new storm hits Stockton area
Evacuation orders and warnings along the San Joaquin River have already affected about 100 residents
- Sacramento Bee
5.4-magnitude quake in ocean off Alaska felt hundreds of miles away, seismologists say
“You know it’s a big one when it opens your kitchen cabinets.”
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Storm preps underway along San Gabriel River
Storm preps are underway as Southern California once again braces for severe weather.
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Heavy flooding hits California's San Joaquin Valley
STORY: An atmospheric river dumped more torrential rain on California on Wednesday (March 15), forcing evacuations, power outages and road closures in the state.Authorities said they are monitoring the river level to determine for how long the orders will be kept in place. The higher odds of minor to moderate flooding across most of California from rain and runoff of melting mountain snow this spring is roughly in line with forecasts for much of the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).