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Atmospheric River Blamed In California Deaths

Days of rain from an atmospheric river are dangerously soaking the state. By Wyatt Williams • just now

Ronald Jones surveys a property scorched in the Eaton Fire while placing sandbags to prevent mud and water runoff Altadena, Calif., as the region remains under flash flood warnings on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025.

( AP Photo/Noah Berger )

After days of rain, California is seeing the impacts of a massive atmospheric river system.

Rainfall records were broken in locations across Southern California on Saturday, topping previous records dating back to the historic floods of 1952. Downtown Los Angeles and airports in Long Beach, Burbank, Santa Barbara, and Paso Robles all topped their highest rainfall for the day.

The region had b

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