The storm, which came from the Pacific Ocean, began to flood deserts in California

A powerful storm continues to flood the territory of California, moving to the southeastern part of the state and creating a threat of flooding in the territory from San Diego to the Mojave Desert and further to parts of Arizona. This is reported by UNN with with reference to CNN.

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The US National Weather Service has announced the threat of flooding in low-lying urban areas of California and the desert. Showers and thunderstorms can cause cause 3.8 cm of precipitation on Friday. In some areas it may up to 2.5 cm of precipitation in the shortest possible time, which will lead to river flooding, according to the Meteorological Service.

On Thursday, motorists were already massively stuck in their cars on on flooded roads northwest of Los Angeles.

According to the National Weather Service, from midnight to 1 am in the center of Oxnard received up to 8 cm of precipitation, which is higher than the average for the whole of December.

It is indeed a dramatic storm. In Oxnard, especially at night, there were showers that, according to preliminary reports are probably the heaviest rainfall that has ever been ever seen in this part of Southern California

The storm swept through Northern California earlier this week as the center of a low pressure system moved slowly south of the coast. Forecasters described it as a storm that is cut off from the general west-to-east flow and could linger for several days, increasing the amount of rain.

Northeast. The US was hit by an unexpectedly strong storm earlier this week, and some areas of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are still recovering from the rain and and wind. The areas of Maine along the Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers.

At least seven people in the East Coast states have died as a result of the storms, in particular in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Maine.

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