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The flag-draped body of a volunteer member with the Ventura County search and rescue team, killed in a traffic accident, is loaded onto a coroner van as law enforcement personnel salute along Interstate Highway 5 south of Pyramid Lake, Calif., on Feb. 2, 2019. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
The strongest Pacific storm of this winter season struck California on Feb. 02, pounding the state with heavy rain, driving snow, and high winds.
Thousands barricaded their homes with sandbags to keep floodwaters at bay, as flash flood warnings were issued for huge swaths of Southern California. Residents in several counties were ordered or urged to evacuate.
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
