US authorities reported on Tuesday rose to 17 fatal victims due to heavy storms Winters hitting California.
California Governor Gavin Newson, in addition, 44,000 people under evacuation orderswhile more 142 thousand citizens without electricity. “We’re not out of the woods,” Newson said at a press conference.
The drought-stricken state was rocked by a sudden and almost continuous onslaught of rain and snow, leaving a trail of destruction, local media reported. “These floods are deadly and now even more deadly than wildfires in the state of California,” the governor said over the weekend.
US President Joe Biden issued an emergency statement as the National Weather Service warned of a “relentless atmospheric current gateway” on the West Coast.