Photos: Atmospheric river slams California with wind and rain
A series of powerful storms have led to evacuations and widespread power outages, as the area prepares for heavy rains, strong winds, and snow.
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A man swims chest-deep through flood waters with his cell phone near three cars that are submerged after rain flooded several areas of Long Beach from the first in a series of storms hits Southern California, in Long Beach Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.
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Barricades mark a closed Pacific Coast Highway due to flooding Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Huntington Beach.
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The roof of a submerged car is visible on a flooded street under a railroad bridge, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Long Beach.
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Raegan, left, and Judah Mccracken walk along the Embarcadero, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in San Diego.
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A visitor walks past the General Grant tree as snow falls in the Grant Grove of giant sequoia trees during an atmospheric river storm on February 01, 2024 in Kings Canyon National Park.
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Migrants seeking asylum from Ecuador take shelter from wind and rain as they await processing in a makeshift, mountainous campsite after crossing the border between Mexico and the United States, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, near Jacumba, Calif. About 200 migrants huddled under blankets and plastic bags under pounding rain and wind Friday night, as Border Patrol agents tried to work out transportation to area facilities.
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Severe weather moves into the San Gabriel Mountains as an atmospheric river storm begins to hit Southern California, on February 4, 2024.
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A man walks his dog on the edge of the Los Angeles River, carrying stormwater downstream Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers battered California, flooding roadways and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and prompting a rare warning for hurricane-force winds as the state braced for what could be days of heavy rains.
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A person walks along a flooded street on February 4, 2024 in Santa Barbara.
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A view of the destruction caused by a giant tree, which has fallen on a house on El Grande Dr. in San Jose, on February 4, 2024.
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People attending the Grammy’s run between the red carpet and a parking garage as another storm bears down at L.A. Live in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.
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A fallen tree is seen over power lines during the delayed final round start the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am at Pebble Beach Golf Links on February 04, 2024 in Pebble Beach.
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A man fills a sand bag during a storm in Santa Barbara, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.
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A boat washes ashore as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, on February 4, 2024.
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A person rides a bike through floodwater during a storm in Santa Barbara, on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Hurricane-force winds whipped the seas off California, while heavy rains raised flood risks from San Francisco to San Diego, as another powerful Pacific storm arrived on the state’s doorstep.
