atmospheric river has generated “mind-boggling” data for scientific analysis.Torrential downpour in the southern part of B.C.
started Sunday, and led to flooding, landslides and mudslides that blocked highways, triggered evacuations, and stranded hundreds.“We have seen now our fifth atmospheric river of the season.
Oftentimes, we won’t get a first one until November,” Armel Castellan, warning preparedness meteorologist, said.“It is a little bit mind-boggling.
We’re going to likely be analyzing these numbers for days and weeks to come because they are that extraordinary.” Helicopter rescues begin for about 275 people trapped between mudslides in Agassiz, B.C.