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California governor Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency for eight counties, including Los Angeles and Santa Barbara; one man killed by falling tree
The storm traveled across northern California on Sunday, where it inundated roads and forced down power lines and trees.
The weather service’s San Francisco Bay Area office issued its first ever “hurricane force wind warning.” Winds in the region exceeded 60mph (96 kph), with some gusts in the mountains topping 80mph (128 kph).
A hillside collapse in downtown San Francisco blocked traffic on Sunday afternoon.
To the south, in San Jose, emergency services pulled stranded motorists out of cars caught in floodwaters and rescued people from a homeless encampment alongside a rising river.
A strong storm is lashing California on Monday, causing flooding and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.
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