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A Pineapple Express — no, not the movie — is a type of strong atmospheric river that pumps moisture from near the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast of North America.

The setup has been known to bring significant rain and snowfall to California and British Columbia.

The atmospheric river that impacted Atlantic Canada last week brought more than 260 millimetres to parts of the Cape Breton Highlands and near 200 millimetres in parts of southwestern N.L.

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