California officials are continuing emergency operations after a series of late-December storms drenched large portions of the state over the Christmas period, flooding streets, triggering mudslides, and cutting power in multiple regions.
While rainfall eased in some areas, forecasters and emergency managers cautioned that soaked ground and unstable slopes can keep flood and debris-flow risks elevated even after the heaviest bands move out.
The storms generated a flood of dramatic video clips across social platforms—cars stranded in brown water, streets turned into fast-moving channels, and debris flows overtopping mountain roads. News organizations have also published verified images from impacted communities, particularly in foothill and mountain areas where runoff
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