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2023-08-19 17:00:57 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 98BFC4673E0688FA92F5EE422E74B8C94B75F7643AFEE5318225B0C8991E0A6D
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Hurricanes & other catastrophic weather events are not unusual in the Western USA. Both California and Nevada have experienced high rainfall impacts historically. ‘El Cordonaza’, 1939: 245mm in 3 hours. ‘Nora’, 1997: 80mm in 24 hours. Death Valley, 2022: 35mm in 3 hours. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_California_tropical_storm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Nora_(1997) https://www.ktnv.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-monsoon-in-las-vegas https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/death-valley-experiences-1-000-year-rain-event.htm
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