A new weather system packing rain, snow and strong winds moved into stormy California on Saturday, the latest in a parade of atmospheric rivers that have wreaked havoc across the state in recent weeks.
There should be some respite next week, the National Weather Service said, after the first of two systems expected to hit California over the US holiday weekend dumped heavy rain and pushed onto the coast on Saturday.
Atmospheric rivers, rarely seen in such quick succession since December 26, have ravaged the Golden State, killing at least 19 people and causing flooding, power outages, mudslides, evacuations and roads have closed.
According to PowerOutage.us, more than 24,000 utility customers were without power as of Saturday afternoon.
The storm dropped half of the average annual rainfall on the agricultural Central Valley and 15 feet (4.5 m) of snow in the mountains.