California is deluged by record rain with more storms coming

The seventh consecutive atmospheric river since Christmas dumped more rain on Northern California on Wednesday, offering little relief for a state already battered by floods, gale force winds, power outages and evacuations of entire towns.
Downtown San Francisco recorded a phenomenal 13.6 inches (34.5 cm) of rain from Dec. 26 until Wednesday morning, while San Francisco International Airport, the city of Oakland and the city of Stockton all recorded 16-day records over the same period, the National Weather Service said.
The state as a whole recorded 8.6 inches (22 cm) in that time, the weather service said, more than one-third of its annual average rainfall. Large stretches of central California received over half their normal annual rainfall since Dec. 26.
Atmospheric rivers are characterized by dense moisture funneled into California from the tropical Pacific.