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A person wearing a black jacket and blue LA Dodgers hat opens their hand to let go of a string on a large white balloon while another person in a blue jacket holds a red parachute attached to the balloon.
How Giant Balloons Are Helping California Prepare for Intense Storms
California scientists launch weather balloons into atmospheric river-fueled storms to better forecast where they will hit the Bay Area and how hard. The information is all the more important as climate change increases their frequency and intensity.
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