shredded trees and homes, knocked down power lines, and sent debris flying. the governor surveyed some of the damage in the city of selma saying it s the worst she had anticipated. my glimpse was very revealing, very worse than what i had seen on television. roofs are just gone and trees look like tooth picks. there s a lot of work to be done here. and in california, almost 60 million people are under flood watch this weekend. waves of storms fueled by a powerful atmospheric rush expected to bring heavy rain and snow and strong winds. the governor of california says he s waiting for a federal declaration from president biden as his state prepares for the next round of storms.
cnn s meteorologist jenner er gray has more on what the west can expect in the coming days. the west is going to continue the very rainy pattern over the next couple of days as we have more of these atmospheric rivers that are going to put on shore, western california, oregon, washington state as well. we have seen impressive rainfall totals so far from december 26th through january 10th. we have received over half a year s worth of rain. some areas well above that. so san francisco airport, 11.59 inches. this is the westest 16-day period ever. and we ve also seen staggering rainfall totals. this is january 8th to january 11th. you can see more than a foot of rain in a lot of places. ventura received a foot and a half of rain. snowfall totals are unbelievable. mammoth mountain received 190 inches of snow since christmas
bit drier in california for the beginning part of the week. the rain shifts to the past northwest by the time we get into tuesday. we re still dealing with the rain throughout much of the weekend to the beginning part of next week. we re learning more about the private office where president biden s private documents were found. his former office is highlighted in blue. then in yellow you see three closets, one of which is where the first documents were discovered. the justice department is reviewing the scandal, and the house committee is investigating the doj response. here s committee chair jim jordan. the double standard is obvious. the double standard has become evident. i ve heard it from constituents all the time. they re sick of the double
weekend. donder pass, 122 inches of snow. as of january 11th, sierra snow pack is at 226% of average state wide. the southern sierra is at 269%. what makes this so important is the snow pack accounts for about 30% of california s fresh water supply in an average year. so a good solid snow pack is what we need to see. also when you re talking about drought conditions, this is from december 27th. you can see a large area of california under exceptional drought, and then you fast forward a week, and we see that that exceptional has dropped to zero. and then you look at it after a third week and it looks like we re seeing no exceptional drought and just a very, very small margin of extreme drought. so the drought conditions are definitely improving across california at least for the short term here, and we are going to see continued rain over the next couple of days. so the threat of rock slides,
world. i m kim brunhuber. more flooding could impact millions of people in california this weekend. officials warning they re not out of the woods yet. we ve got the forecast just ahead. plus, we ll look at the difficulties the white house has with business as usual as president biden is facing a special counsel investigation. and russia claims it has recaptured a town in eastern ukraine as we hear of a new assault on kyiv. a live report from the capital city just ahead. we re looking at the large-scale destruction after severe storms and tornadoes swept through the southeastern united states on thursday. at least nine people were killed, seven in alabama and two here in georgia including a 5-year-old boy. the massive cleanup effort is already underway. at least 37 possible tornadoes