Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name - Inside Climate News
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They don't talk about it much in this article, but in addition to the destruction of infrastructure, all the saltwater is going to seriously hurt freshwater estuaries and marshes, themselves defending California from climate change, just like has happened to Louisiana.
So in addition to record heat and drought, any place hit by these ocean waters is also going to be fighting a coating of salt.