Flood watches have been issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Southern California, as forecasters warn that heavy rain could trigger flooding. “Avoid the roads as much as possible Wednesday Night through Thursday,” the NWS forecast office in Los Angeles said Tuesday on X.

More than 41 million Americans across California, Nevada and Arizona are under flood watches on Wednesday amid a rare, high risk for excessive rainfall and flooding.

Big rain is poised to renew flash flooding in Northern California in the coming days. As freezing levels plunge and feet of snow pile up in the high country, travel over Donner Pass, California, may shut down.

At 6:16 a.m. on Thursday, the NWS Eureka CA issued an updated flood watch valid from Friday 4 p.m. until Sunday 10 p.m. The watch is for Northern Humboldt Coast, Southwestern Humboldt, Northern Humboldt Interior,

A powerful atmospheric river batters California with floods, mudslides, and outages as Gov. Newsom declares emergency in multiple counties.

A winter storm is hitting New York City and other parts of the Northeast, but an atmospheric river that dumped rain on California most of the week was easing.

A powerful storm carrying a strong atmospheric river laid siege to California over the last several days — setting records in parts of the state — with evacuations orders still ongoing Thursday because of the risk of life-threatening flooding and debris flows.

Over a month's worth of rain is expected in a few days across parts of Southern California, forecasters warned.