At least two deaths have been reported as a massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day, causing power outages and disrupting road travel
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan 5 - A massive Pacific storm unleashed high winds, torrential rains and heavy snow across California for a second day on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and disrupting road travel with flash floods, rock slides and toppled trees.
The next was expected to arrive late on Friday, posing a renewed threat of flash flooding and mudslides in places now saturated from repeated downpours, the National Weather Service said. The most vulnerable areas remained those in hillsides stripped bare of vegetation from past wildfires. High-wind advisories and gale warnings were posted up and down the state, as uprooted trees, already weakened by drought and poorly anchored in rain-soaked soil, knocked down power lines and blocked roadways.
"This was one of the most powerful winter storms to hit our region in years," said Megan McFarland, a spokesperson for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the main utility for northern and central California.
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