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>> reporter: and he's not alone. across the country one in 1,000 year rain events are happening more and more. this kind of weather event is called had because it has a one in 1,000 or 0.1% chance of happening in any one year. national climate assessment says the climate crisis increased the heavy downpours by more than 25% from 1958 and 2012 in the eastern half of the united states. with the northeast seeing the greatest increase in intense precipitation at more than 70%. but these extreme weather events a significant consequence of a warming climate have been observed in every u.s. region. w...

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Is we're seeing more extreme events on both sides of the spectrum, both really severe droughts and really severe rain events, simply because the atmosphere is able to hold more water when it rains and then it dries out and is warmer when it's not raining. the lull in the storm provided a brief opportunity for the more adventurous to assess the erosion. the extreme weather has been so unrelenting for so long, there are fears that even when the rain stops, the dangers it's caused will continue. i've seen a lot of potentiality for continued trees falling and continued mudslides. so it's scary loo...

Question, pam. the reason behind all of these series of rain events is an atmospheric river. basically what an atmospheric river is, it's a very narrow but intense corridor of moisture across the pacific ocean that funnels that into the western states. when you look at how much rain these areas have had over the last two to three weeks, it's impressive, san francisco picking up almost 14 inches, oakland santa barbara picking up over a foot. even san francisco's airport picking up nearly a foot of rain in that two to three week period. in sacramento, reno and santa barbara, they've basically ha...

Temperatures have dropped more than 15 degrees at this point. a lot of people sitting in the dark, cold, especially with their roofs damaged wondering when this all will be fixed, it is been a long 24 hours. wolf. >> very long indeed. ryan young on the scene for us. we're following the situation right now in california where the already drenched state is bracing for more storms. let's bring in cnn meteorologist jennifer gray. she's tracking all of this severe weather for us. so what is the latest, jennifer? >> well we're still going to see series of rain events. these are atmospheric rivers ...