"The strong winds and precipitation linked to atmospheric rivers can significantly impact the upper ocean, potentially impacting ocean dynamics and ecosystems over larger spatial scales and longer timescales than the present," Hui Li, another co-lead author, said in the statement.

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief of Climate Crisis, discusses the impending danger facing the West Coast. Following a period of wildfires, large rainstorms are forecasted to hit, almost ensuring widespread mudslides due to the lack of vegetation stabilizing the soil.