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Millions of storm-weary people across California faced another round of life-threatening weather to start the week as an atmospheric river unloaded more than a month's worth of rain in one day ...
Roads wash out, rivers flood as deadly storm pelts California and forces evacuations Melissa Gomez, Jessica Garrison, Ian James, Susanne Rust, Hayley Smith March 10, 2023 at 10:17 AM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A deadly Pacific storm, the second "Pineapple Express" weather system to sweep the West Coast in less than a week, dumped torrential rain over Southern California on Monday ...
Landslides and fallen trees due to the heavy rain and high wind gusts destroyed and damaged many homes and closed roads throughout California. Bel-Air had a peak 24-hour rainfall of 12.42 inches (315 mm) which equates to a 380-year return interval (0.3%).Los Angeles had been incorporating elements of a stormwater harvesting design to retain the ...
Before the rains started, California had been in an extreme drought. [16] Due to the storms, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on January 4, 2023. [17] President Joe Biden then declared a state of emergency in 17 California counties on January 9, 2023. [18]
The mandatory evacuation zone was expanded to cover a majority of Montecito's estimated 10,000 residents two days later (January 11) due to disruptions in electricity, gas, water, sewage and Internet, and due to emergency road works and ongoing search and rescue operations. [31] The mudflows caused 23 confirmed deaths, mostly in the Montecito area.
An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving across California — bringing widespread power outages, mudslides and life-threatening flooding as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our ...
Nearly half a year’s worth of rain in two days. December through March are the wettest months of the year for Southern California, but the scale of this week’s deluge was highly unusual.