With more Spring-like temperatures forecast for Easter weekend, concerns were growing of the flood threat posed by the melt-off of the epic snow totals that have buried the Sierra since December 26th.
A 20-degree warmup was in store for the weekend with temperatures in the 70s predicted for the Bay Area.
In less than three weeks, the parched expanse of 30 square miles has been transformed by atmospheric river storms and snow melt runoff into a rising sea threatening farms across the rural and highly agricultural county. "Flooding is a concern with these deep snowpacks," he told KPIX."Primarily through things like warm atmospheric rivers where we get rain falling on top of them that can cause rapid flooding and catastrophic consequences downstream...prolonged warm periods are also a concern."
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