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"Heavy Rains, Winds, Flooding Slam Northern California" [1]

"The tropical weather system that trended on Twitter here as #hellastorm packed a punch Thursday. Winds conspired with drought-weakened roots to send trees toppling. Freeways and other roadways flooded. Schools shuttered. And more than 230 flights at San Francisco International Airport were delayed, while a restaurant workers’ strike left stranded travelers hungry and cranky.

Heavy rain caused the roof of a Safeway grocery store in San Jose to partially collapse. Only one person suffered minor injuries, NBC Bay Area news reported.

Pictures on social media showed a 50-square-foot portion of the store exposed."

Lee Romney, Joseph Serna, and Veronica Rocha report for the Los Angeles Times December 11, 2014. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Bay Area Storm Pounds Region: Rain, Wind, Outages Pack Punch" (San Francisco Chronicle) [3]

"Storm Brings Surfers To Lake Tahoe, Street Flooding To Sacramento" (Sacramento Bee) [4]

"Here's How Much the Storm Is Helping California's Epic Drought" (Mother Jones) [5]

Disasters [6]
California [7]
Northwest (OR WA) [8]
Public [9]
Source: LA Times [2], 12/12/2014
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/heavy-rains-winds-flooding-slam-northern-california [2] http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-storm-northern-california-20141211-story.html [3] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Big-rainstorm-is-here-outages-and-wind-5949979.php [4] http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article4440685.html [5] http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2014/12/think-storm-will-stop-drought-think-again [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [7] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81