Storm-ravaged California scrambled to clean up and repair widespread damage on Wednesday as the lashing rain eased in many areas, although thunderstorms led a new atmospheric river into the northern half of the state.
Posted: Jan 11, 2023 2:13 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
At least 17 people have died in the storms battering the state. The figure is likely to rise, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday during a visit to the scenic town of Capitola, on the Santa Cruz coast that was hard hit by high surf and flooding creek waters last week. In the central part of the state, a pickup truck driver and a motorcyclist were killed early Tuesday in the San Joaquin Valley when a tree that had been struck by lightning fell on them, authorities said.Extensive storm damage
They included Montecito, a wealthy Santa Barbara County community that is home to Prince Harry and other celebrities where 23 people died and more than 100 homes wereYet thousands of people living near rain-swollen creeks and rivers remained under evacuation orders. In the San Joaquin Valley, raging waters from Bear Creek flooded parts of the city of Merced and neighbouring Planada, a small agricultural community along a highway leading to Yosemite National Park.
Damage from the storm included washed-out roads and seaside businesses flooded by six-metre surf that pounded Santa Cruz County.
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