Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The blizzard that swept across ... is seeing in the weather models. Instead, California is in the midst of a weak La Niña pattern that the Climate Prediction Center officially announced ...

The blizzard dumped more snow in some ... killing 2 people and closing about 10 school districts. Climate change laid the groundwork for California’s megafires. Atmospheric rivers dumped huge ...

It began with millions of people across the U.S. shivering amid blizzard conditions and frigid ... critical to limiting the worst effects of climate change. Welcome to one wild week of the climate ...

The blizzard dumped more snow in some parts of Kansas ... killing 2 people and closing about 10 school districts. Climate change laid the groundwork for California’s megafires. Atmospheric rivers ...

California was gasping through its worst ... it’s part of a larger pattern of climate change. This warming creates stronger “wave trains” of atmospheric energy that propagate along the ...

Videos showed 70-to-90 mph winds blowing a “blizzard” of embers ... “So, kind of the footprint from climate change potentially on what we’re seeing in California is really in the context ...

Last year around this time, as of January 2, 2024, 96.65 percent of California was drought free. Climate change has contributed ... it’s a blizzard of embers. The embers can kindle buildings ...