Winter storms in California
One of California's strongest storms in years, dubbed a "bombogenesis" or "weather bomb", has hit the state, killing two and bringing torrential rain and flash floods.
Heavy rains after years of drought
Firefighters resue a woman from her car in Sun Valley, Southern California. After years of severe drought, heavy winter rains have saturated the drought-parched ground with a series of storms in recent weeks. They have since returned with a vengeance to the northern part of the state after briefly raging over Southern California.
Glory Hole bathtub drain
Water flows into the iconic Glory Hole spillway at Monticello Dam in Lake Berryessa for the first time in a over a decade due to the recent storms. The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain. The last time it spilled over was in 2006.
Water level keeps falling at Oroville Dam
Water continues to move down the damaged spillway at Oroville Dam. Last weekend, overflow waters from the emergency spillway eroded much of the area below. The California Department of Water Resources continues to examine and repair the erosion, placing 1,200 tons of material on the spillway per hour using helicopters and heavy construction equipment.
Seems it does rain in Southern California!
Schoolchildren get caught in heavy rain during a school excursion in Los Angeles. Up north, San Francisco has been hit by 24.5 inches (60 cm) of rain since October 1- more than it normally gets in a year.
Sinkhole swallowed two cars
A large 20-foot-deep (6 meter) sinkhole that swallowed two vehicles in Los Angeles is cordoned-off. The storm blew in from the Pacific Ocean, hitting California with high winds and heavy rain that downed power lines, leaving 60,000 people in the Los Angeles area without power and prompting hundreds of flight delays and cancellations at airports.
Massive waves in Southern California
People watch large waves at El Porto beach, located on Santa Monica Bay. Meanwhile, evacuations were ordered in Northern California and flash-flood warnings were issued elsewhere as downpours swelled creeks and rivers to potentially dangerous levels in the already sodden region.
Gusts of wind at Huntington Beach
The downpours swelled watercourses that already teetered near or above flood levels and left about half of the state under flood, wind and snow advisories.
San Jose neighborhoods flooded by murky waste water
Around 1,000 homes had to be evacuated after a San Jose creek overflowed its banks, causing murky, trash-strewn water to inundate two entire neighborhoods. According to city officials, there were no injuries, although at least 300 homes were reportedly damaged by flooding.