San Francisco in the U.S state of
California saw records flooding on the
last day of 2022. heavy rainfall brought
about by a phenomenon
known as atmospheric River, led to the
closure of the U.S Highway 101 one of
California’s most famous Roots . by 5 PM
San Francisco had recorded almost
13.84 centimeters of rainfall ,that’s
just below the local record of 14.07
centimeters. which was set on the 5th of
November 1994.
It started to cool on the street and
probably within 20 minutes or so , it was
coming in the front , within 15 minutes a
garage door busted cracked and the
water just started pouring in
the city’s.
these huge authorities in Northern
California issued evacuation orders , due
to the torrential rainfall, residents in
various parts of the state. but also
asked to take shelter a flood watch had
been issued for about 16 million people
it was for the entire Bay Area and
Central Valley and lasted through the
night and into the new year.
moreover , as of now one person has been
reported dead due to the floods.
cars totally flooded on the inside, the
engine lights were flashing and things
so .
I don’t know if it’s going to be fixable,
I would say that this is the worst flood
that we have seen here and we have
flooded before.
the rains were caused by what’s called
an atmospheric River , it is a long narrow
region in the atmosphere which can
transport moisture thousands of
kilometers ,the stream brought the record
rainfall and winds where wind speeds
ranged from about 50 to 80 kilometers
per hour.
and according to the National Weather
Service further storms are expected this
week.