Blog: Heavy rains threaten homeless people living in Bay Area stream corridors
Rapidly falling rain can overwhelm storm drains and cause flooding. Windy rainstorms drenching the San Francisco Bay Area occur on average once a year, but over the past 30 years these storms have become wetter and more frequent. Rainstorms are increasingly dangerous for homeless people living near rivers and streams, according to University of California scientists. … Nikhil Kumar, a hydroclimatologist, worked with Lacan and UC Davis professor Gregory Pasternack to study the impact of the wetter storms on some of the Bay Area’s most vulnerable communities.
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