El Niño impacts California's weather, but not as heavily as many may think
There are many different factors that determine how much rain and snow Northern California gets during the winter. El Niño is just one of them.
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There are many different factors that determine how much rain and snow Northern California gets during the winter. El Niño is just one of them.
For more than a week now, the state has been facing the brunt of two overlapping weather systems - atmospheric rivers and bomb cyclones, causing an extreme weather phenomena.
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