Relentless storms are ravaging California again, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 14 people dead and prompted evacuation of a star-studded town home to Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle.
Fierce storms caused flash flooding, closed key highways, toppled trees and swept away drivers and passengers - reportedly including a five-year-old-boy who remains missing in central California - and authorities were bracing for more rain and snow to batter America's most populous state.
More than 230,000 California homes and businesses were without power as of this morning, according to tracking site Poweroutage.us.
A fresh storm is set to pound the state with as much as seven inches of new rain in northern California by tomorrow and "several more feet of snow" in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the National Weather Service said.
The NWS described an "endless onslaught of atmospheric river events" that is the most powerful storm system since 2005.
https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2023/0110/1345786-california-weather/
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At least the forest fires are out. The drought problem is reduced.