Five deaths blamed on Californian storms

By Rich McKay
Updated January 17 2019 - 6:16pm, first published 6:13pm
Truck drivers among damaged semitrailers at the scene of a multi-vehicle collision in California.
Truck drivers among damaged semitrailers at the scene of a multi-vehicle collision in California.

At least five people have died in severe rain and snowstorms that blanketed parts of California with at least 1.5 metres of snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains this week, besides triggering flooding and mudslides, officials say.

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