More rain, snow pelt California as Biden declares disaster to speed aid

Santa Cruz, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2023

Soggy Californians on Sunday wearily endured their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths, and forecasters said more of the same loomed for another day. "Rain and heavy mountain snow to continue across the West," the National Weather Service (NWS) said. One to three feet (30 to 91 centimeters) of new sno