California is bracing for three more storms after the state was battered by a weather bomb cyclone - as Los Angeles and San Francisco could get inches of torrential rain in more flash flooding.
There are currently 461,960 people without power as California reels from the aftermath of the torrent. But the lull is only expected to be short - with Pacific storms lined up to wreak more havoc.
Trees have been toppled, streets are flooded and coastlines have been ambushed in the devastating weather front that continues its relentless deluge in California.
National Weather Service said: 'A very active weather pattern across the Pacific Ocean will continue to push energetic and fast-moving low pressure systems toward the West Coast.
'California continues to take the brunt of the heavy precipitation and strong winds associated with these systems as we head into the first full weekend of 2023.'
Forecasters warned that northern and Central California was still in the path of a 'relentless parade of cyclones' on Sunday, promising little relief for the region.
An atmospheric river of dense moisture in the sky will move to Central California today - but new storms are set to bring more torrents to Northern California next week.
In the Los Angeles area, light rain was forecast for the weekend with stormy conditions expected to return Monday with the potential for up to 8 inches of rain in the foothills.
Two overlapping phenomena - an immense airborne stream of dense moisture from the ocean called an atmospheric river and a sprawling, hurricane-force low-pressure system known as a bomb cyclone - have caused devastating flooding and record snowfall over the past week.
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