As California authorities have already distributed more than 400 bags of sand to residents to prepare for a possible rise in water.
California is bracing for the arrival of the first major storm of the rainy season. Heavy rain is forecast in the San Francisco Bay Area through the end of the week. Winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 110 km/h are expected.
This storm, considered a by meteorologists, it occurs when a cyclone intensifies rapidly.
As California authorities have already distributed more than 400 bags of sand to residents to prepare for a possible rise in water. Several regions of the Pacific coast have already recorded flooding.
On the border between California and Oregon, a highway was closed due to heavy snow.
The meteorological forecasting center has issued a warning of heavy rain until Friday, and hurricane-force wind warnings are also in effect.
The meteorological service of California extended flood warning until Saturday for areas north of San Francisco. A winter storm warning is also in effect in the northern Sierra Nevada above 1,066 meters, where up to 28 centimeters of snow could fall in two days.
Heavy, wet snowfall was expected to continue across the Cascades and into parts of far northern California. Meteorologists warned about snowfall conditions that may impede the movement of automobiles.
Two dead and several damages to houses and roads
Falling trees hit homes and destroyed roads in northwest Washington State.
In Lynnwood, Washington, a woman died Tuesday night when a large tree fell on a homeless encampment, South County Fire said in a statement.
In Bellevue, east of Seattle, a tree fell on a home, killing a woman Tuesday night, according to fire officials. In another area of Seattle, a tree fell on a bus.
The first significant snow of the season in the Dakotas and Minnesota caused accidents and slippery roads.
The weather service warned that up to 18 inches of snow could fall in North Dakota’s Turtle Mountains, and up to 8 inches of snow could fall in Minot. Winds are expected to be problematic in parts of Montana and Nebraska, with gusts of up to 97 kilometers per hour (km/h), the weather service said.
Officials have advised against travel in northern North Dakota due to winter weather.
