Californians are grappling with flooding and mudslides as the latest in a series of powerful storms struck the state.
A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk, damaging a home in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers" — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
Kathleen Ronayne
A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk, damaging a home in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
Kathleen Ronayne
A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk, damaging a home in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers" — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
Kathleen Ronayne
A crane lifts tree removal foreman Francisco Villanueva to assess which branches to remove first from two homes in midtown Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Heavy winds from an overnight storm downed trees and power lines throughout the region. (Sara Nevis/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Sara Nevis
A Sacramento resident crosses a street in front of a tree blocking the street in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Sara Nevis/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
Sara Nevis
Crane operator Ricky Kapuschinsky gets ready to lift uprooted trees after a storm brought high winds overnight in Sacramento, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (Sara Nevis/The Sacramento Bee via AP)
The evacuation order affecting about 10,000 people came on the fifth anniversary of a mudslide that killed 23 people and destroyed more than 100 homes in the coastal enclave.