At least one person dies and hundreds of thousands of people no longer have electricity heavy storm that large parts of the state were flooded this Monday Californiain the west of UNITED STATES, which forced authorities to declare a state of emergency.
The storm primarily hit Southern California, where it had rained continuously for more than 24 hours, although in the north of the state A man died after being crushed by a sequoia tree in his garden from Yuba City.
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In the city of Los Angeles, flooding shut down roads and caused landslides, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders for the Hollywood and Santa Monica hills overlooking the city.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department said it registered 130 people Floods and 39 debris flows and predicts more will follow if the rain continues.
The storm, with gusts of 60 miles per hour or more, is caused by an “atmospheric river phenomenon” called the “Pineapple Express,” a vast rain corridor that converts water vapor stored in the tropics around Hawaii.
The National Weather Service (NWS), which called the emergency “the biggest storm of the season,” reported that much more rain was expected and warned of “life-threatening flash flooding.”
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