California still under water after deadly floods

A frozen city center, completely submerged by water, Monday, March 13. In California, residents are asked to stay at home. Using helicopters and cameras, rescuers search for victims such as a motorist whose car has been washed away. The floods are the consequence of a hot corridor of rain that has been falling since last Friday on land already soaked by several storms this winter.

The worst is yet to come

Rivers overflow causing a dike to break in one place. Two people have already been killed. Residents were asked to evacuate urgently. “They asked us to leave at midnight, one o’clock in the morning, and the national guards took us with them.“, testifies a victim. The current lull will be short-lived. Meteorologists predict that the worst is yet to come today and tomorrow.