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Redding Record SearchlightCalifornia storms: Lake Shasta now three-quarters full as rains bring it closer to top
Lake Shasta has risen 8 feet over the last week and more than 100 feet since Dec. 1.
- Fox Weather
Multiday severe weather threat looms in South for first week of spring
Spring begins the typical uptick in tornadoes across the U.S., and right on cue, a multiday severe weather threat with twisters, damaging winds and large hail looms for parts of the South in the season's first week.
- LA Times
California town engulfed in floodwater. But residents fear what will happen if they flee
A California town is engulfed in floodwater, but residents fear what will happen if they flee.
- 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.
- Akron Beacon Journal
It's mid-March and the Great Lakes are virtually ice-free. That's a problem.
Ice cover is extremely low for this time of year. No ice can affect the food web and have other detrimental effects.
- Sacramento Bee
‘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.
- Sacramento Bee
Avalanche engulfs three, killing one skier, in Colorado backcountry, authorities say
One of the survivors hiked out to find help.
- Miami Herald
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bellingham Herald mcclatchy articles
Snowpack and rainfall are below normal for Whatcom County. Is drought likely?
As La Niña ends, climatologists look toward fall and the possibility of an El Niño weather cycle.
- The Stockton Record
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
- 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.
- Storyful
Hikers Evacuated From Arizona Canyons Due to Flash Floods
Hikers in Arizona had to be evacuated due to flash floods near the Grand Canyon on Friday, March 17.Hikers in the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Cococino County, Arizona, were stranded when flood waters washed away the bridge to the campground, tribe officials said. Local news reported that up to 300 hikers might have been affected.The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Supai village and its surroundings, urging people to seek higher ground immediately.This footage by hiker Mike Kvackay shows the floodwaters in an Arizona canyon. Credit: Mike Kvackay via Storyful
- AccuWeather
Storms continue to hound California with flooding rain, mountain snow
The end of winter will not bring relief from a historically stormy cold season in California. AccuWeather meteorologists warn that a potent storm can deliver another round of significant precipitation during the middle of this week. The state's brief lull in the stormy pattern ended Saturday evening when a relatively weak storm arrived. The storm from Sunday with its round of drenching rain and Sierra Nevada heavy snow were not classified as an atmospheric river, like some previous events. Howev
- 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.
- 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.”
- BBC
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.