California Faces Another Week of Heavy Rain and Flooding
- At least 500,000 without power across California early Sunday
- Storm arriving Monday will bring on “a rough day” for many
A surfer looks out at rough surf as a storm comes in Rodeo Beach on Jan. 7.
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More than 500,000 homes and businesses were without power across California as the state braced for another week of heavy rain, high winds and potential floods, with the worst weather set to arrive Monday into Tuesday.
“Huge areas” of California will get between 5 inches (13 centimeters) to 7 inches of rain in coming days with some isolated spots in the coastal mountains and the Sierra Nevada getting up to 10 inches as another atmospheric river storm comes ashore, said Bob Oravec, a senior branch forecaster at the US Weather Prediction Center. The latest computer forecast models suggest the pattern will persist through Jan. 17 at least.