Drought-stricken California flooded after heavy storm

Motorists in the northern California town of Fairfield dealt with flash floods on Sunday as a powerful storm drenched communities in the region that were already scarred from devastating wildfires.

The so-called "bomb cyclone" of rain and wind created mudslides and brought down electric lines. The weather whiplash follows the busiest wildfire season in Californian history and heightened threats of flash flooding.

Much of the region is in severe, extreme or exceptional drought, as classified by the US Drought Monitor.

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