In fact, they can provide much-needed rain or snow. Listen to Story In drought-stricken California, such storms have triggered mudslides In 2021, an atmospheric river dumped a month's worth of rain in ...

He says there haven't been mudslides or waterflow problems like this in 50 years. Now, every time it rains or snows Smith says he gets worried. Just last weekend, the Smiths had to get an ...