A conveyor belt of “atmospheric rivers” carrying a “ton of moisture” hundreds of miles wide threatens a week of floods and mudslides. A parade of storms lined up to smash western America through the coming days will build to a major mid-week hammering. Torrential downpours will hit regions drenched from days of rain while snow-laden gusts sweep the hills and mountains. Heavy rain will pour in from the Atlantic on the back of barrage of “atmospheric rivers”, meteorologists warn. The huge columns of air swollen with water sweep in from the Pacific before erupting into a torrential deluge. Weathe…
