'Pineapple express' storm brings more floods and topples trees in California
Another huge winter storm is slamming California's coastal and inland areas with strong winds and heavy rain and snow. It's downed power lines and closed roads, and is linked to at least two deaths.
by Bill Chappell
Jan 05, 2023
3 minutes
A massive "pineapple express" winter storm is buffeting California's coastal and inland areas with strong winds and heavy rain and snow. After arriving on Wednesday, the storm brought floods and yet more rain on Thursday morning.
"The storm prompted evacuation warnings across the northern part of the state, it triggered landslides, it closed roads really all over the place," member station KQED's Kevin Stark told NPR early Thursday.
"The winds were particularly strong, gusting up to 85 mph
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