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Advertisement A low pressure system off the Pacific Northwest is pulling the atmospheric river — which was predicted to trend very quickly south — toward the battered Central Coast, according to Brayden Murdock, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Monterey. Overnight, it should finally head south, forecasters say, although later than initially predicted. The storm delivered several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada, particularly the area between Yosemite National Park and Mammoth. More snow is expected into Friday, which could help replenish the state’s water supplies d...

Miles an hour. >> this hillside was on fire, this whole hillside, it was nuts. >> reporter: local resident, matthew anderson, watched as dozens of fires swallowed the hillside. >> it's crazy. >> reporter: at least 100 structures have burned. power is knocked out for most of the 9,000 residents in the area. >> there's i don't know how many hundreds of people affected here, the other side. >> reporter: just to the south in canyon creek, oregon, a lightning fire has left more than 20 homes burned, with at least 34,000 acres lost, and still limited containment. resident dean fox says the fight to ...