Some parts of California have seen record rainfall, the highest rate in 150 years.
California was hit yesterday Wednesday by a cyclone that caused heavy rains with the risk of worsening the floods that have already occurred in the state and causing new landslides.
Already 18 people have lost their lives their from the extreme weather events affecting this western US state in recent days.
The ground can no longer absorb the volume of water, and there have been widespread power outages, flooding, trees uprooted and major roadways cut, with the waters often sweeping away vehicles.
Record rainfall has been recorded in some areas of California, the highest rate in 150 years.
“A massive cyclone off the west coast will bring another round of heavy rain and gusty winds (Wednesday), this time to northern California,” the US National Weather Service (NWS) said, warning that the region could experience localized downpours. up to 18 cm of rain.
Yesterday afternoon more than 55,000 households they had no electricity.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday traveled to Santa Cruz County, one of the hardest hit by the series of storms. He even warned of new extreme weather events, less powerful but just as dangerous.
“We expect these storms to continue until at least January 18,” he said.
Missing child
According to Newsom’s office, the storms have killed 18 people so far, “double the number of fire deaths in the past two years.”
In Paso Robles, central California, a 5-year-old boy was swept away by the waters Monday while his mother was driving him to school. He was missing until yesterday.
The investigation is ongoing “and we will continue (…) until we find it,” the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office said.
California is currently experiencing “an unrelenting onslaught of atmospheric rivers,” a phenomenon not seen since 2005, according to the weather service.
Although it is difficult to find a clear link between these storms and climate change, scientists explain that global warming is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.
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