After prolonged rains and in some very dense counties in California (west), nearly 185,000 people now lack access to electricity, according to monitoring website PowerOutage.
NBC News reports that a system fueled by a large plume of moisture over the Pacific Ocean has affected the southern part of the state with heavy rains in some areas.
At Los Angeles International Airport, 50 millimeters (mm) of rain fell overnight, the sixth highest total recorded for a single day in March.
That city’s center received 80mm as of yesterday, which is well above the historical average of 56mm for the current month.
Nearly 15 million people in California were alerted by the occurrence of strong winds exceeding hurricane force 145 kilometers per hour in several counties, according to CNN.
On the other hand, in the northeast, a storm piled up snow, downed power lines and trees, and recorded winds of more than 64 kilometers per hour.
New York State and several New Jersey counties have issued states of emergency that are in effect today, and hundreds of schools and businesses are closed in the region across the Northeast.
The Hill quoted Frank Pereira of the National Weather Service as saying that the storm is concentrated off the coast of New England, and that some snowfall continues to affect parts of the region.
The largest accumulation of snow was recorded in the cities of Peterborough and Ashby, Massachusetts, with about 90 centimeters (cm), while 60 cm fell in northern New York and the Catskill Mountains.
NBCBoston reported that snow was falling at a rate of 2.5 centimeters per hour in some parts of that state through Tuesday afternoon.
In the Northeast, nearly 200,000 customers lack electricity, according to PowerOutage.
As many as 2,100 flights were canceled across the country on Tuesday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.
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