Californian resorts and cities have evacuated hundreds of people
as a new storm brought more misery after days of flooding,
thunderstorms and tidal surges. The latest violent storm to hit
the region left residential mountainous areas under mud while
authorities scrambled to save lives at risk. Around 400 people
were evacuated in San Juan Capistrano, after a hillside collapsed.
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of
emergency in half a dozen southern California counties because of
the storms.