Climate change primed Washington state for historic flooding

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By Zoya TeirsteinDec 16, 2025, 7:27 pm127 pts
A long, warm plume of airborne water snaked its way from the subtropical Pacific Ocean toward the U.S. West Coast at the beginning of this month. As the so-called atmospheric river made its way north, it sucked up moisture from above-average sea surface temperatures. When the airborne river washed ashore on…

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