Which will lead to power outages. have a plan. if you need to get out of your home quickly, have your important documents, your medicine, not only for you and your family, but your pets as well be ready to leave your home in a quick moment and stay alert to the warnings from your local authorities. bryan may, we are certainly thinking about your state. good luck to you guys. thank you, lindsey. let s bring in nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. walk us through not only what s happening in california but the snow threat in the northeast lindsey, good to see you. we have the atmospheric river event bryan was just talking about. that s the west coast. the east coast starting with today we re looking at the next wet storm coming in. you can hear it in bryan s voice. what they re dealing with, another few days of terrible weather monday, tuesday, wednesday. 25 million americans under winter alerts from the west into
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. this afternoon storm battered central california is bracing for a new atmospheric river event. that means even more rain and possibly more flooding. arelentess storms in monterey county collapsed the levee for the river over the weekend, gushing water. swallowed neighborhoods, and trapped scores of residents. emergency crews raced to rescue people surrounded by rising flood waters. at least two people have died and hundreds were forced to evacuate. cnn national correspondent mike vulairo is on the ground, and this state cannot catch a break.
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Much more robust strong systems for combating that sort of misinformation. as you say when it has such a clear impact on broad public health. in the summer months, california was praying for rain. the state was in the midst of the worst drought in 1200 years. blistering heat waves, wildfires, power outages, the underground aquifers were bone dry. now, that water they so desperately needed has come in a torrent. surging over the river banks, mud pouring down arred mountainsides. there have been some dramatic rescues, with people trapped in their houses, one or two even disappearing into sink holes. at least 17 people have died so far, as a result of these winter storms. it s what meteorologists call an atmospheric river event . it is phenomenal. something akin to a giant fire hose being pointed at the state. so much water it would fill the mississippi 15 times over. there are six million people now underflood alerts. the latest forecasts show there s much more to come with four of th