Californians endure their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths
Winter storms are not unusual in California. But global warming is making them wetter and more powerful.
Drier weather appeared in the offing later in the week for a state more used to drought than to deluges that have flooded farm fields, closed major highways and inundated some urban areas.Some flooding remains possible, the NWS said, "especially given the very wet antecedent conditions."READ MORE:Parts of coastal California received a brief break in the rain, and residents there took advantage of the less inclement weather.
But much of the state was still struggling to cope with weeks of flooding and sometimes with personal disasters. "It looks like we might have missed kind of the worst of it," said Robert Zagajeski, out walking his dog.
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