Another storm slams California on Christmas Day with flooding rain, high winds and mountain snow

By Andrew Freedman, CNN

(CNN) — After a harrowing and deadly Christmas Eve in California with rescues and evacuations amid widespread flooding and debris flow threats, another storm is battering the state Christmas Day, with more expected into Friday.

Already, early on Christmas morning, a line of severe thunderstorms moved into Northern California with wind gusts in excess of 70 mph, setting off flash flooding in the San Francisco metro.

A “moderate” Level 3 of 4 risk of...