Another powerful winter storm system is heading for California. Heavy rainfall will likely cause more flooding, mudslides and power outages. But it's not just rain that's a worry.
Cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on Monday in Windsor, California. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains.Cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on Monday in Windsor, California. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains.
But it's not just rain that's a worry. More than six feet of snow is expected to pile on the Sierra Nevada mountains in northern California up until Wednesday — increasing the risk of avalanches. This week's storm comes as California is already reeling from a streak of bad storms since Christmas. As of Monday afternoon, more than 137,000 customers were without power, according to utility companies' reports tracked by"We've got several storms behind us but we've got several storms ahead of us still," Nancy Ward, the director of the California Office of Emergency Services, said in a press conference on Sunday.
About 2,900 people evacuated their homes and 199 were in shelter as of Sunday. President Biden has declaredThis week also marks California's fifth atmospheric river since Christmas. The phenomenon, which meteorologists
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