Soaked California Faces Another Deluge Driven by Bomb Cyclone

Storms may be most challenging in five years, official says
Residents urged to stay off roads; some communities evacuated

Workers build a flood protection barrier at the entrance to a business in the Mission District of San Francisco, on Jan. 3.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By David R Baker, Brian K Sullivan, and Michael B Marois

January 4, 2023 at 2:01 PM UTC

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January 5, 2023 at 11:44 AM UTC

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California faces heavy rain and ferocious winds as a powerful storm system adds to recent downpours that have burst levees and triggered mudslides.

The deluge is set to continue in parts of the state on Thursday, and “considerable flooding impacts are likely,” the National Weather Service said in a statement. Heavy snowfall in some mountain areas could make travel impossible at times, it added.