Overview

• Southern California experiences one of its wettest periods on record due to back-to-back atmospheric rivers, causing widespread damage and at least nine deaths.
• Hundreds of mudslides reported in Los Angeles alone, with extensive property damage and ongoing threats to hillside stability.
• San Diego area faces heavy rainfall and traffic disruptions, with emergency measures and school closures in effect.
• The storm's impact boosts California's water supply, with significant increases in the Sierra Nevada snowpack and billions of gallons of storm water captured.
• Climate experts link the intensity of the storms to climate change, warning of the increasing frequency of such extreme weather events.