Source: New York Post
Originally Published by: Long-duration lake-effect rain event unfolds across Great Lakes Billion-dollar disaster database gets new life with Climate Central 5 of the most destructive October hurricanes to make US landfall PORTLAND, Ore. – Light rain is forecast for much of the Pacific Northwest Wednesday ahead of a more powerful atmospheric river that is set to slam into the region later this week, which, when all is said and done, could drop several inches of rain in coastal areas and several feet of snow at higher elevations. According to the FOX Forecast Center, new forecasts suggest that the most intense portion of the storm may have shifted farther south, with the strongest impacts targeting southern Oregon and Northern California.