Atmospheric Rivers: Force Majeure or Just a Rainy Day

06.28.2024
Law360

Corey Boock and Kyle Hamilton authored the article “Atmospheric Rivers: Force Majeure Or Just A Rainy Day?” for Law360. The article provides an overview of how in California “after years of devastating drought, extra rainfall should be welcome. However, due to an El Niño condition in the Pacific Ocean, the 2024 atmospheric rivers have been particularly strong, leading to much higher-than-average rainfall, flooding, landslides and even blizzards.”

The article continues … this has led to “Agencies and contractors around the state…grappling with the rain, floods and landslides in managing the construction, operation and maintenance of their projects, leading to delays, additional costs and setbacks. For many, the assumption is that these atmospheric rivers and the resulting floods and landslides are a clear-cut case of force majeure.”

Read the full article here.

Twitter/X Facebook LinkedIn
Jump to Page

Nossaman LLP Cookie Preference Center

Your Privacy

When you visit our website, we use cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. For more information about how we use Cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Always Active

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. These cookies may only be disabled by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Functional Cookies

Always Active

Some functions of the site require remembering user choices, for example your cookie preference, or keyword search highlighting. These do not store any personal information.

Form Submissions

Always Active

When submitting your data, for example on a contact form or event registration, a cookie might be used to monitor the state of your submission across pages.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage. We access and process information from these cookies at an aggregate level.

Powered by Firmseek