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The West Coast from California up into the Pacific Northwest is seeing an progressive upwind signifier filled with back-to-back storms to commencement disconnected the year.
Beginning Friday, rainfall volition agelong from bluish California into Oregon, with snowfall passim higher elevations successful the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Flooding is imaginable up and down the California seashore done the weekend.
This comes aft rounds of flooding rainfall slammed confederate California connected New Year's Day.
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Video from Palm Springs showed flooded streets arsenic a car drove done the rain.
Cars were reported stuck successful floodwaters crossed San Diego, with aggregate h2o rescues arsenic the San Diego River flooded.
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San Diego, CA - January 1: Vehicles parked connected Camino De La Reina successful Mission Valley were submerged aft the San Diego River overflowed and flooded the country during a tempest connected January 1, 2026 successful San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune)
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San Diego, CA - January 1: A San Diego Police officer, lasting connected State Route 163, and members of the San Diego Lifeguard River Rescue Team look for radical aft the San Diego River overflowed and flooded areas successful Mission Valley during a tempest connected January 1, 2026 successful San Diego, CA. Several radical were rescued passim the day. ( K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune )
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San Diego, CA - January 1: An big and a kid were rescued from a Jeep connected Fashion Valley Road by the San Diego Lifeguard River Rescue Team aft San Diego River overflowed and flooded areas successful Mission Valley during a tempest connected January 1, 2026 successful San Diego, CA. (K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune )
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San Diego, CA - January 1: A postulation motion is submerged connected Camino De La Reina successful Mission Valley which flooded aft the San Diego River overflowed during a tempest connected January 1, 2026 successful San Diego, CA. ( K.C. Alfred / The San Diego Union-Tribune )
The National Weather Service has issued a level 1 retired of 4 from Friday to Monday each up the California coastline.
A level 2 retired of 4 flash flood hazard exists for pockets of bluish and confederate California connected Saturday, peculiarly up successful the mountains and down astir Los Angeles.
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More rainfall volition travel done connected Sunday, with the heaviest rainfall for cardinal and confederate California.
The National Weather Service bureau for the Bay Area issued a coastal flood informing for the San Francisco Bay until Saturday day owed to the operation of King Tides and tempest surge.
The NWS said 2.5 feet of inundation is expected, which hasn't been recorded since 1998.
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Strong, gusty winds volition besides beryllium a concern, with upwind alerts issued for astir of the California coast, excluding confederate California.
The FOX Forecast Center said gusts could scope 45 mph done the weekend.
Snow successful the mountains supra 5,000 feet elevation could full 2 to 4 feet, with higher snowfall totals imaginable astatine higher elevations, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
A Winter Storm Warning is successful effect for the Sierra Nevada Mountains until Monday.
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Gusty winds combined with the snow can pb to highly unsafe travel conditions successful the mountains.
Use caution erstwhile traveling and beryllium prepared for hard driving conditions.
A fewer thunderstorms are imaginable from Saturday to Sunday greeting successful bluish California and into Oregon.
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Level 1 retired of 5 hazard for terrible storms, chiefly for gusty winds, though a little tornado cannot beryllium ruled out, the FOX Forecast Center said.
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As we look up to the mediate of adjacent week, the progressive signifier whitethorn persist.
Additional moisture, much rainfall astatine little elevations, continued upland snowfall and breezy conditions stay possible, keeping the portion locked into an extended agelong of unsettled weather.
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