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United States: state of emergency declared after storm in California
A violent storm has hit California, in the United States, since Wednesday. Torrential rains have started to cause floods that could flood towns. 700,000 homes are without electricity. – (France 2)
A violent storm has hit California, in the United States, since Wednesday. Torrential rains have started to cause floods that could flood towns. 700,000 homes are without electricity.
Waterlogged cars and houses, it’s in a neighborhood of San Diego, California in the United States, where nothing is going well. People are perched on their houses or on their vehicles to avoid being swept away by the floods. The city of Los Angeles also wakes up with spectacular flooding. They are sudden, therefore potentially fatal according to the American weather services. A major storm that brings biting winds and impressive floods.
Multiple landslides
The metro is paralyzed and dozens of flights departing from or arriving in Los Angeles have been canceled. A state of emergency has been declared by the government, affecting several counties around Los Angeles. Landslides increased during the night of Sunday February 4 to Monday February 5. Many cars were damaged as a result. This weather phenomenon originates in Hawaii, near a tropical humidity zone, it is called the “Pineapple express”.
