"Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads in northern California, leading to water rescues from vehicles and homes and at least one confirmed death, authorities said. In Redding, police said they received numerous calls for stranded motorists on Sunday who tried to drive through flooded areas. One person in Redding died, Mayor Mike Littau posted online. He did not provide further information."
"The weather service office in Sacramento said a series of warm atmospheric rivers would bring moderate to heavy rain to the valley, foothills, and mountains the week of Christmas. Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of water vapor that form over an ocean and flow through the sky, transporting moisture from the tropics to northern latitudes. Earlier this month, warm weather and air and unusual weather conditions tracing back as far as tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia helped supercharge stubborn atmospheric rivers that drenched Washington"
Heavy rain and flash flooding soaked roads across northern California, prompting water rescues and causing at least one confirmed death in Redding. Police reported numerous stranded motorists. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell in parts of two counties by Sunday night. Firefighters in Truckee extended a ladder to rescue residents along the South Yuba River at Donner Summit; no injuries were reported. A series of warm atmospheric rivers is forecast to bring moderate to heavy rain to the valley, foothills, and mountains the week of Christmas. Earlier unusual weather and tropical cyclone flooding in Indonesia intensified atmospheric rivers that drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain, threatening record flood levels.
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