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According to a report from The Most Important News, a hybrid
storm is pouring extraordinary volumes of rain across the central United
States, as the remnants of two hurricanes collide with a powerful
upper-level low and set the stage for days of flooding.
Meteorologist
Ryan Hall has estimated that from Sunday through next Wednesday, 69
trillion gallons of rain will fall on the country. Severe flooding is
already underway in the Southwest, where leftover tropical moisture is
meeting another storm moving in from the west.
AccuWeather
described a major flood event unfolding across the southwestern and
central United States just days after some of the same ground was
already soaked. New Mexico has taken some of the worst of it.
Floodwaters breached a 20-foot dam wall in the south of the state on
Tuesday and poured into the rural community of Garfield. Video showed
the inundation after the breach. Earlier that day, the National Weather
Service issued a flash-flood emergency after dam operators and county
officials warned that failure at McLeod Dam in Doña Ana County was
imminent, and residents nearby were ordered to evacuate.
CBS
News reported that rain fell in parts of the Southwest at rates as high
as 4 inches an hour, and that more than 60 flash floods were recorded
from Monday into Tuesday night.
Roads in southern New Mexico
flooded, trapping drivers until the water receded. Pumps were brought in
to ease pressure on the dam. Flood watches were later issued for
Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Texas, with relentless rain expected over the next 48
hours.
The storm itself will eventually pass. The larger pattern
behind it has not peaked. Climate scientist Daniel Swain has said this
El Niño is so extreme that existing labels fail. “Well, this one is
shaping up to be monstrous,” Swain said....<<<Read More>>>...