California, Northeast menaced by late-season winter storms

By Steve Gorman and Brendan O’Brien LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California, reeling from a month-long string of late-winter storms, braced for another bout of heavy rains, wind and snow on Monday, while most of New York state and New England girded for a powerful Nor’easter. The leading edge of the latest Pacific storm swept into northern California and was expected to intensify late Monday night through Tuesday as it spread through central and southern parts of the state still sodden from weekend flooding. Emergency crews preparing for the season’s 11th “atmospheric river,” an airborne current la…

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