Nearly half a million without power in California as atmospheric river rainfall continues
There is no end in sight for the unrelenting rainfall inundating the West Coast with severe flooding and widespread power outages. There is no end in sight for the unrelenting rainfall inundating the West Coast with severe flooding and widespread power outages. Nearly 500,000 customers across California were without power on Sunday morning as the state continues to be walloped by an ongoing atmospheric river. People watch as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Jan. 6, 2023. Jeff Chiu/AP The ground that is typically parched as a result of a decadeslong megadrought has now been overly saturated with moisture that threatens to continue for several days. Some coastal roads have been washed away and homes flooded, and heavy rain and mountain snow continued into Sunday morning. Northern California will see about a 12-hour break from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time on Sunday, with another round of heavy rain and snow to follow Sunday overnight into Monday morning. The region will ...