Scientists Lay Out El Niño’s Worst Case for California’s Coast, and NorCal Is Already Halfway There

‘A window into the future’: Marin flooding has scientists in butt-clench mode

October’s unusually high tides swamped Marin. With king tides and El Niño storms ahead, the worst may be yet to come.

Scientists Lay Out El Niño’s Worst Case for California’s Coast, and NorCal Is Already Halfway There

Marin County roads sat under more than a foot of seawater last week with no rain, no wind and no waves to blame, which is roughly the opposite of how coastal flooding is supposed to work. That calm-day flooding is why scientists are now talking openly about a worst-case winter. The Los Angeles Times laid …