What a difference a month makes. After a bone dry December, the stubborn atmospheric ridge of the Pacific Coast has broken down, the storm door has opened up, and on Monday, Californians from Redding to San Diego welcomed something we haven’t seen all winter: the Golden State’s first significant storm of the season. Residents in fire-damaged regions in both the north and south faced flash flood watches and warnings, with some evacuations near the Thomas Fire.
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Storm sets rainfall records, triggers trouble in fire zones