A compilation of eyewitness videos, including from Ellen DeGeneres, shows flash flooding ripping through swaths of California. The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds, prompting thousands of evacuations, and causing widespread power outages. More than 33 million Californians were threatened by severe weather as “heavy to excessive” rainfall was expected across the state, especially in southern California, as winds gusts clocked in at more than 40 miles an hour in many places, the National Weather Service said. 🔗 Read about the hard-hit areas at our link in bio. #Reuters #news #rain #California #Montecito #SantaBarbara #floods #flashflooding #evacuations #weather #climate #Ellen