Washington Faces Threat of More Heavy Rainfall and Floods Due to ‘Atmospheric Rivers’: NWS

A man races into the water to help rescue the driver of a car that went into the flooded Nooksack River in Ferndale, Wash. on Nov. 16, 2021. Elaine Thompson/AP Photo

An atmospheric river starting on Thanksgiving Day is threatening to once again bring heavy rainfall to the Pacific Northwest, just over a week after floods damaged Washington state, officials from the National Weather Service have warned.

In its Thursday weather bulletin, Forecasters at NWS said “a new Atmospheric River containing rich subtropical Pacific moisture takes aim at the Pacific Northwest this evening.”