Deadly Storms , Continue to Slam, Into California.
On January 10, thousands of Californians were forced to flee their homes as severe weather continued to batter the state.
NBC reports that the extreme weather has left one dead, a child missing and huge numbers of people without power.
Heavy rains were forecast to continue as a fresh low-pressure system approached the state as part of a "parade of cyclones.".
The endless onslaught of potent systems with atmospheric rivers of moisture continue to inundate California, The National Weather Service, via NBC.
NBC reports that the storms have flooded homes, transformed roads into rivers and overwhelmed cars.
According to Anita Konopa, an official with the San Luis Obispo County Office of Emergency Services, one person was killed when a vehicle was overtaken by water.
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Scott Jalbert, another official with the agency, said that a child is missing after being swept away when floodwaters overwhelmed a vehicle near Paso Robles.
Tony Coppola, a spokesman for the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, said that extreme conditions forced the search for the child to be called off.
According to PowerOutage.us, as of January 10, over 232,000 residents were without power across California.
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On January 9, parts of Santa Barbara and other nearby towns, including the entire community of Montecito, were issued immediate evacuation orders
