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LIVE Updates | Bomb Cyclone in California US with Heavy Rain, Storm, Floods: Cyclone’ rains reach Southern California; Gov declares state of emergency

Bomb Cyclone US California Live Updates: State authorities have requested the residents to avoid any kind of non-essential travel on Wednesday night and Thursday morning as the storm reaches its peak. 

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Bomb Cyclone US California Live Updates: Southern California is getting hit Thursday from the most powerful showers being produced by a “bomb cyclone” that formed off the coast this week. The storm, which arrived Wednesday, is expected to bring 2 to 4 inches of rain to most areas with even higher totals in the mountains and foothills. Forecasters are also warning of dangerous thunderstorms Thursday, which could drop several inches of rain in a short amount of time.

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on Wednesday throughout California to “keep people safe from the impacts of the incoming storm,” he said in a statement. The declaration allows emergency crews to mobilize quickly and prepare for flash floods, debris flows and other crises.

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06 January 2023
01:49 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates

Powerful winds gusting to 85 mph (136 kph) or more forced the cancellation of more than 70 flights at San Francisco International Airport and downed trees and power lines. 

23:45 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates: Rainfall surpasses 7 inches in California

Parts of California have experienced significant rain connected with an atmospheric river over the past 72 hours. Northwest of Redding in California, at Lewiston, 7.09 inches of rain have fallen.

22:43 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates

Forecasts called for 10 inches of rain in some areas as the "bomb cyclone" – a storm intensified by a quick drop in atmospheric pressure – threatened to swamp swaths of the state.

22:08 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates: California no longer experiencing 'exceptional' drought

California is still experiencing drought, but the stormy trend that ended 2022 and persisted into 2023 has substantially benefited the state. No areas of the Golden State were rated as being in "exceptional drought," which is the most severe drought classification on the agency's five-tier scale, according to the most recent U.S. drought monitor report, which was published on Jan. 5 but combines weather data up through Jan. 3

21:47 IST

Bomb Cyclone US Live Updates: Power outage numbers soaring in California

Power outages skyrocketed overnight as the latest storm impacted California. Over 170,000 customers in the Golden State are in the dark, according to PowerOutage.US. 

21:16 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates: California is soaked in rain as morning rush hour gets underway

In California, millions of people are waking up to rainy weather as an air river spreads rain across the majority of the state. At Los Angeles International Airport, 1 inch of rain has fallen since the stroke of midnight, and it is still raining.

21:01 IST

Bomb Cyclone Live Updates: Heavy rain, gusty winds pummel California

Communities in California were pummelling by heavy rain and strong gusts on Wednesday as a powerful storm swept onshore. In Kirkwood Meadows, a community 78 miles to the east of Sacramento, the winds gusted to 119 mph on Wednesday night. Near Lake Tahoe, which is a short distance to the north of Kirkwood Meadows, wind gusts reached over 100 mph. A wind gust of 132 mph was reported in Alpine Meadows, which is situated on Lake Tahoe's northwest shore. The strongest wind gusts out of all those that were recorded occurred in Northern and Interior California.

20:37 IST

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20:27 IST

Bomb Cyclone in California Live Updates

In Sonoma County, a child – about age 1 or 2 – was killed Wednesday when a redwood tree fell on a home.

20:26 IST

Bomb Cyclone in California Live Updates

State of emergency declared in California as storm turns into bomb cyclone.

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