Major Flooding Continues In California, Nevada
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Monday, January 9, 2017
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Road crew member Kevin Connor helps clean up state route 140 near the Merced River in a closed off Yosemite National Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 7, 2016. (Gary Kazanjian/AP)
A powerful storm in northern California and Nevada has caused major flooding throughout the area, with more snow and rain expected in the coming days.
Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson checks in with Jay Famiglietti (@JayFamiglietti), hydrologist and senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about what the flooding could mean for those states.
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