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Calif. plans climate cuts despite floods

Lawmakers will have to resist inertia and oil and gas influence as the climate crisis worsens

Salon

Auckland braced for dangerous rainfall days after deadly flood

‘Some might think the worst is behind us, but it isn’t,’ warns mayor

The Independent UK

Auckland faces ‘dangerous’ amount of rain after four killed in floods

A dangerous amount of rain is forecast on Tuesday for New Zealand’s most populous city four days after Auckland had its wettest day on record in a storm that claimed four lives.

Irish Independent

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California makes big increase to 2023 state water allocations after soaking storms

California’s torrential storms from late December through early January will allow the State Water Project to deliver nearly 1.3 million acre-feet of water throughout the state this year – six times as much as projected before the storms, state water officials said.

Tribune News Service

California storms give state much-needed boost in water supply

A series of atmospheric rivers covered the parched state with an estimated 121 trillion litres of water.

Al Jazeera

Commentary: There’s one big climate fight that California is losing

It has been demoralizing to witness in Santa Cruz, my hometown, the destructive power of waves and water on our beaches, piers, roads, homes, businesses, rivers and levees. But we knew this was coming, and we’re overdue to adapt to the new realities of our climate.

Los Angeles Times

January storms leave LA County flood-control dams at risk of overflowing

LOS ANGELES — Now that the shock of a series of January storms has worn off, Los Angeles County officials face a herculean chore: Five reservoirs along south-facing San Gabriel Mountain slopes are filled with so much debris and soupy mud that they pose a flood risk to the communities…

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From Mattresses To Golf Balls, California Beaches Are Littered With Debris Following Recent Storms

California city crews have been busy compiling mounds of trash left along the shoreline following the recent storms.

Zenger

California’s flood insurance reckoning

Just 1.3 percent of homeowners in the state have national flood insurance policies

Salon

Nasa sees California flood water rushing to the ocean from space

Nasa observatory says recent weeks have been “one of the wettest periods in the Bay Area in 160 years”

The Independent UK

In soaked California, few homeowners have flood insurance

As California begins to dry out from its recent deluges, one stark reality is coming into focus: Only 230,000 homes and other buildings are insured against flooding in a state with about 39 million residents

The Independent UK

Biden visits California to survey storm damage

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — During a tour of the storm-ravaged Central Coast, President Joe Biden vowed that federal assistance to rebuild California would not end until the job is complete.

Los Angeles Times

Biden links California storm damage to climate change as he surveys damage

A series of ‘atmospheric rivers’ battered 41 of the state’s 58 counties from the beginning of the year

The Independent UK

Biden arrives in California, surveys storm damage

SAN JOSE, Calif. — President Biden promised extensive federal help for storm-battered California on Thursday after surveying widespread wreckage in a visit to Capitola Village and Seacliff State Beach, two of the areas most heavily damaged by the recent string of atmospheric rivers that left much of the Golden State…

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Biden gets first-hand look at costly damage to California’s Central Coast

The president met with state and local officials amid ongoing effort to evaluate damage from storms.

Los Angeles Times

Biden arrives in California to survey storm damage

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — President Joe Biden arrived in California on Thursday and joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on a helicopter tour of areas along the Central Coast battered by winter storms that caused major flooding and landslides across the state.

Al Jazeera

Biden tours storm-ravaged communities on California coast

US president is visiting hard-hit areas of California where flooding, intense waves and mudslides forced evacuations.

Los Angeles Times

After pummeling, scientists say California storms were more hype than climate change

LOS ANGELES — As California emerges from a two-week bout of deadly atmospheric rivers, a number of climate researchers say the recent storms appear to be typical of the intense, periodic rains the state has experienced throughout its history and not the result of global warming.

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Los Angeles Times

California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection

LOS ANGELES — The storms that have been battering California offer a glimpse of the catastrophic floods that scientists warn will come in the future and that the state is unprepared to endure.

Axios

Biden bolsters California disaster declaration as storm death toll rises to 22

The president is due to visit California on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Biden to tour California storm damage, see recovery efforts

President Joe Biden is set to tour damaged areas of California and be briefed on recovery efforts in the wake of devastating storms that have hit the state in recent weeks

Los Angeles Times

Parts of California in for a 'quick shot of rain' before drier weather arrives

LOS ANGELES — A series of atmospheric river storms that dropped record-breaking rain and unleashed chaos across California will end with a whimper this week, as a weak storm will give way to what's expected to be a prolonged drier period.

The Conversation

Flood forecasts in real-time with block-by-block data could save lives – a new machine learning method makes it possible

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were evacuated. At least 20 people died in the storms, several of them after becoming trapped in cars in rushing water.

Irish Mirror

California begins to clean up storm damage as weather clears

The damage is spread across 41 of California's 58 counties

AFP

Drought, fire, flood: natural disasters test California town

Boulder Creek (United States) (AFP) - Jason and Shannon Phleger had just rebuilt their wildfire-ravaged home when it was wrecked again by one of the powerful storms that swept through California last week.

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