California Storm Death Toll Reaches 17; Another to Hit This Weekend

People look on as a tow truck pulls a car out of a flooded intersection in Mill Valley, Calif., on Jan. 4, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Powerful rainstorms hitting California over the past two weeks have killed 17 people, the state’s emergency department reported on Jan. 11.

“It’s been a very dangerous and deadly series of events,” Brian Ferguson, deputy director of the Office of Emergency Services, told The Epoch Times.

The victims lived in nine different counties, with the number of fatalities higher than those killed in the past two wildfire seasons combined, Ferguson said.