California Faces Landslides, Floods, Storms From El Niño — SkimNews
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- El Niño could bring a simultaneous mix of natural disasters to California — landslides, flash floods, and raging seas — rather than just one isolated weather event
- California's infrastructure was already visibly stressed when water quietly swallowed a busy intersection north of San Francisco on a cloudless autumn afternoon during rush hour
Why it matters: Compounding climate threats stretch emergency response beyond single-event planning, and the flooding captured during routine rush-hour conditions shows infrastructure strain surfacing before El Niño's peak — commuters and emergency planners face the exposure first.
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