Pacific storms unleash floods on California while Sierra Nevada sees heavy snow

Pacific weather systems dumped heavy rain along the California coast, triggering flooding in cities like Los Angeles and setting daily rainfall records in Stockton and Modesto, while winds produced travel hazards and mountain-pass closures. Simultaneously, heavy snowfall spread across the Sierra Nevada, boosting the state’s snowpack and aiding drought relief for the Rockies, with another round of rain and snow forecast in the coming days.