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The Latest Breaking News on Significant storm threatens California with life-threatening floods

Will California’s extreme storms offset its years-long drought?

The US state has been hit by heavy rain and flooding but experts warn it may not be enough to counteract climate change.

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California braces for a lot more rain amidst flooding, mudslides and sinkholes

Death toll has hit at least 17 so far.

Fortune

California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming

The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns.

Reuters

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Crushed by falling trees. Drowned in floodwaters. The deadly toll of California storms worsens

LOS ANGELES — A toddler crushed by falling trees. A 5-year-old swept away by floodwaters before his mother's eyes and still missing. Three bodies recovered from inside or near submerged vehicles on a rural stretch of freeway.

Los Angeles Times

Strongest Atmospheric River Yet Slams California With Deadly Impacts

Millions of people in California faced another round of life-threatening weather to a new week as an atmospheric river.

Zenger

Storm struck California scrambles to clean up ahead of rain

Storm-ravaged California is scrambling to clean up and repair widespread damage as the lashing rain eases

The Independent UK

California flooding – live: Flash floods, sinkholes shut roads with more storms forecast as rain dents drought

Death toll likely to rise in California as deluge and flash floods set to continue

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California storm death toll reaches 17 as floods and extreme wind wreak havoc

CAPITOLA, Calif. — The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

Los Angeles Times

California storm costs could add up to nation’s first billion-dollar disaster of 2023

LOS ANGELES — As severe storms continue to hit California, a climate expert warns that the costs to the state could be in excess of $1 billion.

Los Angeles Times

EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California's drought?

The series of storms that have struck California have poured water on a state mired in a years-long drought

The Independent UK

Deadly storms inundate California, sparking mudslides, evacuations

Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next system in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday.

France 24

Southern California digging out from days of relentless rain

LOS ANGELES — Residents across California’s Central Coast were allowed to return home Tuesday following a torrential storm that swamped the region with eye-popping amounts of rain and choked many roadways with mud and debris.

Los Angeles Times

California storm death toll reaches 17 as more rain, winds arrive. Damage could top $1 billion

SAN FRANCISCO —The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing periods of thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the already waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

Los Angeles Times

California storm death toll reaches 16 as more rain, winds arrive. Damage could top $1 billion

SAN FRANCISCO — The latest in a series of intense winter storms continued to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing periods of thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the already waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

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Southern California faces another day of punishing rains: ‘We are definitely not out of the woods yet’

LOS ANGELES — Following a wave of punishing rains that forced evacuations on the Central Coast and flooded parts of Los Angeles County, Southern California was facing another round of storms Tuesday, with much of the region still under flood, high wind and high surf advisories.

Al Jazeera

‘Parade of storms’ throttles California for a third straight week

The governor’s office in the US state has increased the death toll to 14, with a 5-year-old still missing in the floods.

The Conversation

Atmospheric rivers over California’s wildfire burn scars raise fears of deadly mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like

Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands of people evacuated homes downhill from California’s wildfire burn scars amid atmospheric river storms drenching the state in early January 2023.

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Storms lash California with more rain, high surf

The latest in a relentless string of California storms is swamping roads, battering coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides.

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California storm death toll reaches 16 as more rain, winds hit state

LOS ANGELES — The latest in a series of intense winter storms will continue to lash Northern California on Tuesday, bringing periods of thunderstorms, heavy rain, wind and hail to the already waterlogged region as the death toll from the extreme weather climbs.

Evening Standard

California storm: What happened and what measures are in place?

Atmospheric rivers and a bomb cyclone are to blame for the torrential rains in California that have caused 14 fatalities so far

Los Angeles Times

Southern California faces another day of punishing rains: ‘We are definitely not out of the woods yet’

LOS ANGELES — Following a wave of punishing rains that forced evacuations on the Central Coast and flooded parts of Los Angeles County, Southern California was facing yet another round of storms Tuesday, with much of the region still under flood, high wind and high surf advisories as the threat…

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California storms persist with deluges, mudslide threats

Actress-comedian Ellen DeGeneres seen in a video of herself standing besides muddy rapids flowing through what she described as a normally dry creek bed near her property, in Santa Barbara, California

Reuters

Storms bring mudslides, evacuations to California with more rain forecast

The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California on Tuesday, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders.

The Independent UK

Rain to persist as storm weary Californians face evacuations

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