Publication: L.A. Times

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsis: A powerful Pacific storm moved into California on Tuesday, promising to deliver strong winds, low temperatures and even more rain to the waterlogged state.

UCLA News:  The storm will likely result in “more downed trees and power lines and power outages” but is not expected to be as violent as the bomb cyclone that struck the state last week, Swain said. “I don’t think there’s going to be a repeat of that, even though the impacts from this storm will be higher than a storm of this magnitude would usually be, just because there’s been so many strong storms that have preceded it,” he added. 

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