Daily Mail Online| Mar 23, 2018 | ~ Man and his dog are winched out of swollen river after ATMOSPHERIC RIVER dumps record amounts of rain on California during ferocious storm that forces the evacuation of thousands ~ |

• Record-breaking rain has poured in the western US state during last three days
• An 'Atmospheric River' is channel of water vapor which moves with the weather
• These channels then release the moisture in the form of massive rain or snowfall 
• Rescuers reported pulling a total of 10 people from Salinas River in Paso Robles
• The downpour follows wildfires and landslides which had devastated some area

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