‘A historic event,’ Death Valley sees almost a year’s worth of rain within three hours
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(Worthy News) – Officials say that Death Valley saw almost a year’s worth of rainfall within three hours last weekend.
They say that the rain caused widespread damage, and closure of all park roads.
“The heavy rain that caused the devastating flooding at Death Valley was an extremely rare, 1000-year event,” says Daniel Berc, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Las Vegas. “A 1000-year event doesn’t mean it happens once per 1000 years, rather that there is a 0.1% chance of occurring in any given year.” [ Source (Read More…) ]
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