A Kane County official said the first man who was found dead was one of three hiking south to Lees Ferry across the Utah-Arizona border. A second man was found dead Wednesday across the Arizona border.
Even as residents struggled to clean up before the next round of severe weather, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s decision brought relief amid the state’s historic drought.
The Northeast is recovering from a dangerous deluge of rain, snow and high-powered winds. In California, record rainfall uprooted trees and ravaged buildings. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda has more details on the coast-to-coast clean-up efforts.
Storm-battered California faced another strong atmospheric river event as a powerful nor’easter was already disrupting travel in the Northeast early Tuesday, forecasters said.
Freddy is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere and could be the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
Bicoastal storms are triggering winter weather alerts for tens of millions of Americans across the nation. NBC News’ Miguel Almaguer has the latest on both the nor’easter and the second atmospheric river closing in on California.
Central California faced pounding hail. This comes after a levee failed in Northern California’s Monterey County, swamping the community of Pajaro. NBC News’ Steve Patterson has more on the rescues underway.