California braces for flooding, landslides as latest atmospheric river hits

The latest in a series of wet winter storms gained strength in California early Monday, with forecasters warning of possible flooding, hail, strong winds and even brief tornadoes as the system moves south over the next few days.

The latest storm is expected to move through quicker than the devastating atmospheric river that parked itself over Southern California earlier this month, turning roads into rivers, causing hundreds of landslides and killing at least nine people.

"We've had kind of back-to-back weather systems, and this month has been really, really wet for the state of California. So, we have seen above normal precipitation,” National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) senior meteorologist Zack Taylor said. “It results in wetter ground conditions, and it makes those areas more vulnerable to the additional heavy rainfall that we're expecting.”

Rainfall will be widespread even in the mountains, but several feet of snow is possible at elevations above about 2,070 metres across the Sierra Nevada, the weather service said. Motorists are urged to avoid mountain routes.

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