California, Arizona - A series of powerful winter storms struck southern California and southern Arizona between Sunday, 17 January and Friday, 22 January; bringing heavy rainfall and high winds that have caused several deaths, property damage, power outages and resulted in the evacuation of thousands of homes in both states. A state of emergency was declared in five California counties; Los Angeles, Orange county, Riverside, San Francisco and Siskiyou on Thursday, 21 January and in Arizona Governor Jan Brewer declared a state of emergency for the counties of Apache, Coconino, Gila Maricopa and Navajo. As the frontal system moved towards Arizona on Thursday, 21 January severe weather affected much of the state through Thursday and Friday, 22 January. Strong winds in excess of 70 mph (113 km/hr) along with severe thunderstorms prompted the US National Weather Service to issue severe weather warnings, including a tornado warning. A short lived tornado...
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