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Biden approves California emergency as another winter storm reaches
Biden on Friday ordered federal assistance "to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from severe winter storms, flooding, land slides, and mudslides beginning on March 9, 2023, and continuing", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a White House press release. The action will authorise the US Department.
California works to rescue residents trapped by snow
After the latest round of winter weather, the average water equivalent in the snowpack covering California's mountains ranges from 40 to 46 inches, almost double what the area typically sees this time of year, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a report by USA Today. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in 13 counties last week, after brutal winter storms trapped residents with feet of snow, including in the hard-hit San Bernardino County.
Over 100k homes, businesses in California suffering power outages due to winter storm
According to PowerOutage.US, a website that tracks, records and aggregates power outages across the country and updates its data every 10 minutes, about 116,000 California customers were without electricity as of 10:00 a.m. local time Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The storm, which first rolled into the state on Thursday with rain, hail and snow.
California hits grim milestone of 100,000 Covid-19 deaths
The Golden State, home to around 40 million residents, has registered a total of 100,187 Covid-19 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020, Xinhua news agency reported citing the data from the Department of Public Health. "This milestone is a tragic reminder of the very real toll the pandemic has taken on Californians," the Department said in a statement on Thursday.
7 dead in 2nd California shooting within days
Monday's attack occurred at two separate locations in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay, about 50 km south of San Francisco, reports the BBC. The police have arrested the gunman and identified him as Zhao Chunli, a 67-year-old loca resident. The first four victims were discovered at a mushroom farm at 2.22 p.m., while the other three were found at a nearby trucking business later.
California mass shooting suspect kills self
In the mass shooting incident on Saturday, deemed as one of the deadliest in the US state's recent history, five women and five men were killed, while another 10 people suffered injuries. The tragic incident occurred at 10.22 p.m. in Star Ballroom Dance Studio, a popular ballroom dance facility operated for about 30 years, when it was hosting an event to celebrate the countdown to the Chinese Lunar New Year.
10 killed in California shooting, search launched for gunman
The incident happened at around 10.20 p.m. local time on Saturday (11.50 a.m. on Sunday IST). "Last night, at approximately 22:22 (local time) officers from the Monterey Park police department responded to a local business (on) West Garvey Avenue in the city of Monterey Park regarding a shots fired call.
Six killed in shooting in California
Two of the victims of the shooting in Goshen, Tulare County, are a 17-year-old mother and a six-month-old baby, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a central California-based KFSN-TV's report. The Tulare County Sheriff's Office said in a release posted on its Facebook page that deputies were called to a home in the 6800
Severe winter storms in California leave 16 dead
The death toll reached on 16 Tuesday after two motorists died in a crash earlier in the day on Highway 99 in Tulare county when a tree that had been struck by lightning fell on the road, Xinhua news agency reported. This toll is higher than the lives lost in wildfires in the past two years combined.
California declares state of emergency over powerful winter storm
The governor on Wednesday noted in his proclamation that severe winter storms related to a series of atmospheric river systems has struck California, home to around 40 million residents, since last week. It is forecast that additional and continuing related storms threaten California, bringing heavy rainfall, expected flooding, strong winds and wind gusts, falling debris, downed trees, and widespread power outages.
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