Extreme California storm causes deadly flooding affecting elderly communities, local businesses

As the bomb cylcone continues to batter Central California, coastal areas up and down the state are facing forced evacuations, closed roadways, and...

January 7, 2023
8:48 AM

As the bomb cylcone continues to batter Central California, coastal areas up and down the state are facing forced evacuations, closed roadways, and severe property damage.The storm was powered by two overlapping immense weather systems- an airborne stream of dense moisture flowing off the ocean called an atmospheric river, and a sprawling, hurricane-force low-pressure system known as a bomb cyclone.Santa Cruz County has taken a particular hard beating from the "atmospheric storm", with a mandatory evacuation order from county officials lifting on Thursday afternoon after the storm pummeled neighborhoods bringing major flooding to residents' homes as well as torrential downpours.

Sarah Rumpf