The latest spate of harsh wintry weather churning from the Pacific bore down on storm-weary California on Tuesday, with forecasters warning of wind gusts reaching hurricane force, accompanied by torrential rain and heavy mountain snow.
Southern and central California, still sodden from storms that have swept ashore one after another since late December - one just days ago - were expected to be hardest hit by the newest onslaught, arriving early on the second official day of spring.
A region that is home to more than 17 million people, extending well into central Arizona and including most of the greater Los Angeles area, was placed under flood watches. The storm was driven by a Pacific cyclone swirling around an intense low-pressure system, drawing up vast quantities of moisture and steering it at the coast, according to meteorologist William Churchill of the NWS Weather Prediction Center.
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