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Podcast: Weather With Cliff Mass
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A moderate atmospheric river– coming from the west– creates intense rain, major flooding
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:06:00
Publish Date: 2020-02-07 13:45:35
Description: A flood watch continues till 4 o'clock Friday. The National Weather Service says although the rain had tapered down earlier in the morning and most area rivers were expected to crest in the afternoon, flooding will continue into Saturday. Eleven people were evacuated from an apartment complex in Issaquah Thursday, with standing water causing road closures all around the region. This kind of flooding does happen regularly in western Washington, especially in areas that are connected to rivers that drain off the Cascade Mountains. But KNKX weather expert Cliff Mass says the rainfall people have experienced here this week has been exceptionally intense. It’s because of the angle at which the atmospheric river that’s causing the precipitation has come in.
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