'Atmospheric river' to blast California with heavy rain, feet of snow
'Atmospheric river' to blast California with heavy rain, feet of snow Doyle Rice, USA TODAY Replay Video First a drought, and now a deluge. A powerful "atmospheric river" was headed for California on Tuesday, bringing the threat of torrential downpours that could unleash destructive debris flows from wildfire burn scars as well as a massive dump of snow in the Sierra Nevada. "Even though precipitation is greatly needed across the drought-stricken state, the storm will bring too much all at once and lead to serious flooding concerns," AccuWeather meteorologist Jake Sojda sa...