The latest powerful atmospheric river to drench California put nearly 27,000 people under evacuation orders on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, due to flooding and landslide risks. On the central coast, workers hauled truckloads of rocks to plug a broken river levee amid steady rain and wind.

Hundreds of firefighters worked on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in high heat to beat back three large wildfires in the forests of far Northern California, where the flames destroyed several homes and forced some communities to evacuate.