Important Takeaways:

• A high-end atmospheric river is continuing to pummel northern California on Thursday as it slowly meanders through the region on the tail end of a historic bomb cyclone that developed off the Pacific Northwest.
• As soils fully saturate, river levels are rising.
• The Weather Prediction Center has placed portions of northern California under a rare Level 4 of 4 risk of flooding Thursday. The city of Eureka on the coast is included, as are counties such as Humboldt and Mendocino, in addition to several forested areas and state parks
• “Life-threatening flooding across coastal areas of northwest California is expected,” the center wrote. “Dangerous flooding and debris flows are likely which will include rock and landslide activity along with a threat for burn scar flash flooding.”
• Rain and snow are set to persist through the end of the week.
• …more than 300,000 people remained without power in Washington state early Thursday, down from a peak around 700,000 Wednesday morning…

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