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Explainer-What are atmospheric rivers and why do they cause flooding?
In 2021, an atmospheric river dumped a month's worth of rain on British Columbia in two days, prompting deadly floods and ...
Nearly half of landslides during B.C. weather disaster linked to logging, wildfire, study finds
A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged ...
Toronto Star26d
Atmospheric river soaks B.C. coast including Metro Vancouver, triggers slide
COQUITLAM, B.C. - An atmospheric river weather system drenched parts of southern British Columbia over the weekend, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain in some locations and setting off a ...
The Globe and Mail29d
Nearly half of landslides during B.C.’s atmospheric river disaster in 2021 linked to logging, wildfire: study
A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November, 2021, originated in areas that had been ...
Yahoo News Canada27d
36 hours of rain incoming as atmospheric river targets B.C.
An active pattern is locked in place across British Columbia for the first full weekend of ... Pacific coast will stall over southern B.C., providing a path for an atmospheric river to rush over ...
The Globe and Mail26d
Atmospheric river soaks B.C. coast and triggers slide
An atmospheric river weather system drenched parts of southern British Columbia over the weekend, dumping more than 100 millimetres of rain in some locations and setting off a landslide.