Record-breaking rain in California was caused by abnormally high temperatures on the other side of the world, study finds

Heavy rain from an atmospheric river sent the Los Angeles River, normally mostly empty, spilling over its sides in February 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images The Tibetan Plateau may be on the other side of the world from California, but what happens on this high-altitude landscape…

Scientists have identified a "climate teleconnection" between the Rocky Mountains and the Tibetan Plateau, where warm spots left a kink in the jet stream that intensifed weather in the western U.S.