Storm-battered California braces for another wave of floods

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Northern California bore the brunt of an intense “atmospheric river” system that brought floods and landslides. More storms are on the way. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - After days of pounding rain, winds and snow, Californians woke up to sunny skies and waterlogged streets on New Year’s Day, scrambling to recover during a brief intermission before the next rainstorms that are forecast to hit the region later this week.

The National Weather Service’s downtown site recorded 13.86cm on New Year’s Eve, 0.2cm shy of the 1994 record in more than 170 years of record keeping there – and 46.8 per cent of the monthly rainfall. Rescue crews circled the county’s flooded roads in helicopters and boats, finding vehicles either stuck in or submerged by floodwaters, according to a spokesperson for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.

 

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