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Potent Atmospheric Rivers Douse the Pacific Northwest

In mid-January 2021, the Pacific Northwest of North America was soaked by several episodes of heavy rainfall, leading to widespread flooding and landslides.


NASA Earth Observatory video by Joshua Stevens, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC. Story by Kathryn Hansen, with information provided by Bin Guan (JPL/UCLA) and Martin Ralph (UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography/Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes).

Published January 21, 2021
Data acquired January 11 - 18, 2021

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