"California Winter Storm Causes Widespread Power Outages"

A winter storm in California caused widespread power outages, flooding, and evacuation warnings, with over 400,000 customers without power and up to 37 million people at risk for life-threatening floods. The storm brought intense downpours and strong winds, prompting rare hurricane-force wind warnings for the central coast. Evacuation warnings and orders were in effect for several counties, and classes were canceled in Santa Barbara County. Northern California counties, including Santa Clara, Sacramento, and San Mateo, were the hardest hit by power outages.