At least two people have died in California due to the serious consequences of storms plaguing the western United States. Torrential and heavy rains snowfall to have caused floods and landslides, and left more than 8,000 people without electricity. And the storm isn’t over, as it is now threatening Arkansas and Texas with tornadoes.
The Christmas commute has been complete chaos in many areas of California. Significant flooding occurred in the county Sacramento, where a dead person was found inside a submerged car, ea second victim in Santa Cruz due to the strong wind, which knocked over a tree.
Rescues in California after a major flood
More fortunate were the occupants of the car we see in the pictures, who could have been miraculously saved after falling off a cliff in Santa Cruz on the California coast.
Evacuation orders affected thousands, and the storm’s advance on Monday affected more than 15 million people from the West Coast to Illinois under winter weather warnings, according to Cnn.
“Flooding from the Cosumnes River and Mokelumne River is expected to move southwest toward I-5 and could reach these areas in the middle of the night,” the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana are in danger of storms serious, which could cause strong tornadoes and hailstorms in the next few hours.
A winter storm will move from the Four Corners tonight across the Central Plains and Upper Midwest Monday and Tuesday with areas of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. Further south, a strong cold front will bring the threat of thunderstorms with tornadoes and flooding. pic.twitter.com/8VBjQVIwxG
— National Weather Service (@NWS) January 2, 2023
More than a meter of snow in California
Extremely dangerous storm is due to an atmospheric river, a strip in the atmosphere that carries a lot of moisture thousands of miles from tropical regions, which was fueled by a parade of storms that also transferred cold weather to the western United States, resulting in significant snowfall.
A thick layer of snow covers the mountains of California, with more than a meter thick in the Sierra Nevada, as well as the Lake Tahoe setting. There are “dozens and dozens of vehicles stranded on the highway and roads,” Nevada county officials said.
