I can attest to the truth of this. Yakima, Washington, the sun valley of the state, has been like Seattle to start 2021, a city that is typically very dry, with little rainfall.

Funny that the last time it rained this much was ’56. *Natural Disaster = 56

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/weather/atmospheric-river-washington-oregon-forecast/index.html