California hit hard by massive winter storm


  • World
  • Saturday, 25 Feb 2023

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- The powerful winter storm continued to hit western U.S. state California on Friday, bringing heavy rainfall, snowfall and strong winds that led to road closure, flooding, power outage, among other damages.

The cold and slow-moving storm is expected to cause havoc through Saturday. A previous storm that started in the U.S. West will continue to impact the Midwest and Great Lakes region with snow and strong winds on Friday, forecasters said.

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