Powerful Pacific storm wallops California
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LOS ANGELES - Rain drenched Southern California again Tuesday, chasing residents from homes in a flood-prone areas and leaving highways littered with wrecks or making them impassable because of mud and water or slides.
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A Pacific storm brought heavy rain and mountain snow to the Northwest and parts of California on Tuesday, including heavy snow and 40 to 60 mph winds to the western slopes of the Cascades and Sierras.
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Fast-moving thunderstorms brought new waves of rain on Sunday to Southern California, following days of drenching weather and heavy mountain snowfall and raising fears of mudslides and flooding.
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A powerful typhoon, one of the strongest storms recorded in Asia this year, churned toward Japan on Saturday, lashing the nation with heavy rain, prompting evacuations and threatening to strike Tokyo.
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Storms battered the western United  States on Saturday with strong winds, heavy rains and a blanket  of snow that caused widespread power outages, a levee break in  Nevada and two deaths in California.
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Blue skies opened up over California on Monday after a storm system that had pummeled the state for days finally moved on, bringing heavy snow, flooding and hundreds of wrecks to several states across the West.
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Californians mopped up on Monday  from a series of weekend storms that cut power to nearly 3  million homes and businesses and prompted Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger to declare a state of emergency in several  counties.
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A powerful storm pummeled the California coast Monday night and Tuesday, replenishing some drought-dried reservoirs across the Southwest but also triggering floods
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High winds add to problems from the initial impact, which cut power to thousands across the South Bay. By Doug Irving. Punishing bands of rain and wind raked across Southern California early Tuesday, swamping
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A powerful storm moved along the coast Tuesday, causing highway-blocking mudslides, flooding and power outages. Up to a foot of rain was possible in one mountain area.
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A typhoon that killed three people and  injured more than 70 in Japan weakened to a tropical storm on  Sunday, as it brushed by Tokyo and headed for the Pacific Ocean  bringing heavy rain, strong winds and landslides.
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A powerful typhoon pounded western Japan on Tuesday, knocking out power to more than a million households, forcing thousands to evacuate and killing at least three people.
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A fierce storm howled into Northern California, bringing blizzard conditions for some and a treacherous mix of hurricane-force winds, torrential rains for millions more.
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A powerful winter storm slammed  California for the second day on Sunday, causing floods and at  least two deaths around Los Angeles, which was the hardest hit,  officials said.
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Streets flooded, hillsides slipped and commuters cursed Friday during powerful rain and snow storms that lashed Southern California.
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Almost 400,000 northern and central California customers were without power as of 8:30 a.m. PST (11:30 EST/1630 GMT) Friday due to high winds and rainy weather, said utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
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Japan's deadliest storm in more than a decade unleashed flash floods that washed away hillsides, killing up to 51 people before it veered east into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. At least 30 people were missing.