Rising seas, frequent storms take toll on California’s iconic piers, threatening beach landmarks. (Feb. 1) (AP video by Haven Daley)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers drenched Northern California on Thursday, flooding roads while triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for powerful downpours, heavy snow and damaging winds.
Heavy rain and gusty winds that began hitting the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday evening were expected to continue powering down the coast, according to the National Weather Service.
The river of rain “will be taking aim at mostly Southern California” on Thursday, weather service forecaster Bob Oravec said.
The Los Angeles and San Diego areas will be in the bullseye for heavy rain on Thursday, “especially for some of the higher elevations where they tend to get most of the rainfall — or the heaviest rainfall — with these atmospheric river events,” he said.
