California hit by first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers
The storm triggered statewide preparations and calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours, heavy snow and damaging winds.
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Tourists walk along the Embarcadero, Thursday, Feb. 1, in San Diego.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ruben Gomez pauses as he digs away some of the mud and flood debris that engulfed his parents' home in the previous rainstorm as more rain falls, Thursday, Feb. 1, in San Diego. Gomez has spent all of his time since the Jan. 22 storm shuttling between caring for his parents who were rescued by boat and later hospitalized that day, and trying to salvage what he can from the flooded home. Now, with more rain coming, Gomez worries the floodwaters may rise again in his parents' neighborhood.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rainbow forms over the Pacific Ocean near Black's Beach, Thursday, Feb. 1, in San Diego.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Storm clouds hang over Walton Lighthouse, Thursday, Feb. 1, in Santa Cruz, Calif.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bruce Rowlison, of Los Gatos, walks downtown in Santa Cruz, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A worker carries a hose on a flooded street Thursday, Feb. 1, in Long Beach, Calif.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cars are submerged on a flooded street under a railroad bridge Thursday, Feb. 1, in Long Beach, Calif.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A television reporter does a broadcast as cars are seen submerged on a flooded street under a railroad bridge Thursday, Feb. 1, in Long Beach, Calif.THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER VIA AP
A car is nearly completely submerged under flood waters in Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A person walks along the beach with flooding along the boardwalk Thursday, Feb. 1, in Seal Beach, Calif.