EXPLAINER: Tackling threat of mudslides in soaked California

SAN DIEGO (AP) โ€” Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California's long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month.

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Storm-battered California gets more wind, rain and snow

LOS ANGELES (AP) โ€” Storm-battered California got more wind, rain and snow on Saturday, raising flooding concerns, causing power outages and making travel dangerous. Bands of rain with gusty winds started in the north and spread south, with more storms expected to follow into early next week, the National Weather Service said.

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Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California

LOS ANGELES (AP) โ€” Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday.

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Everyone in California's Montecito ordered out due to floods

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) โ€” Rain-weary Californians grappled with flooding and mudslides Monday as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state, prompting widespread evacuations, toppling trees and frustrating motorists who hit roadblocks caused by fallen debris.

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Floods in Philippines leave 51 dead, over a dozen missing

MANILA, Philippines (AP) โ€” Thousands of people in the Philippines remained in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding, as the death toll climbed to 51 with 19 missing, authorities said Monday.

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