Family lost everything due to California flooding

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Storm-ravaged California must endure one more round of ferocious winds, torrential rain and possible flooding as the latest atmospheric river pummels the state Monday.

About 8 million people are under flood watches until midnight Monday for coastal Central California, including the Bay Area.

Fresh rainfall could trigger more flooding, mudslides and landslides as oversaturated land from recent downpours gets inundated again. California has already endured more than 500 landslides since December 30, according to the California Geological Survey.

And violent winds could topple trees in weakened soils, threatening more power outages and misery in the state.

UNICEF responds to hundreds of emergencies every year around the world


Since Christmas week, an onslaught of storms has killed 19 people, destroyed homes and turned entire neighborhoods into lakes.

But California will get a desperately needed reprieve at the end of this week.


Damaged cars sit beneath a fallen tree in Woodland Hills, California.

The 19 people killed in California’s recent storms include two people found with trees on top of their tents, people whose cars became submerged in floodwater, and a child who was killed when a redwood tree fell on a home.

And rescuers are still searching for 5-year-old Kyle Doan, who was ripped from his mother’s hands by rushing floodwater after their SUV was swept away in San Luis Obispo County on January 9.

“We have lost too much – too many people to these storms and in these waters,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Saturday as he urged residents to prepare for Monday’s storm.

How UNICEF helps storm victims

 in California 

UNICEF responds to hundreds of emergencies every year around the world, rushing to meet the immediate needs of those affected by storm and other natural disasters, among other crises. UNICEF is among the first on the ground — often arriving on the scene in advance to preposition supplies. UNICEF's supply operation, which includes the largest humanitarian supply warehouse in the world, enables the delivery of lifesaving supplies to anywhere in the world within 48 to 72 hours.

Working with local partners, UNICEF provides safe drinking water, hygiene and sanitation kits, medicine, nutrition and more to families in California. UNICEF also creates Child-Friendly Spaces and temporary classrooms, safe spaces for displaced children to learn and play and receive psychosocial support. UNICEF protection teams work to reunite separated children with family members.

In the wake of every crisis, UNICEF helps communities recover and prepare for the next emergency, assessing risks and helping strengthen health care systems, schools and other social services to become more extreme-weather resilient. 

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