Sydnee Chapman
Sydnee Chapman is a freelance and investigative reporter. Her work has appeared in news outlets in Washington, Utah and Fiji.
Reckoning with Northwest Flooding: We need to think about this Differently
As temperatures rise, winter precipitation will increasingly fall as rain instead of snow and will melt more of the snowpack. The snow usually holds some of that water and forces it into the ground, so the end result is less of a buffer to soak up atmospheric rivers.