The death toll from storms in the U.S. state of California since late December has risen to 19 as more storms are expected to arrive in the coming days.
A series of winter storms have battered the west coast of the United States over the past 15 days and have so far left at least 19 dead.
The governor of the state of California, Gavin Newsom, said earlier this week that the storm had caused more deaths «than the wildfires of the last two years combined» while also said that the death toll «tragically is likely to rise», as reported by ‘Los Angeles Times’.
On the other hand, the state is also preparing for a new round of torrential rains, strong winds and snowfall. According to the authorities, this new storm could trigger new floods, landslides and power outages.
At this moment, the cities of Carmel and Pebble Beach in Northern California, some of the most touristic, are still in danger of being cut off from the rest of the state due to flooding caused by the diversion of the Salinas River.
As stated by ‘Bloomberg’, the director of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has stated in a press conference this Friday that the state «is not out of danger yet». «These storms are among the deadliest natural disasters in our state’s modern history,» she added.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
