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A typhoon in okinawa one time. nothing compared to this. >> reporter: this, meteorologists say, is just the beginning of what the climate cycle known as el nino will bring to california. even though the state need the rain, too much, too soon could be disastrous. >> have the geologist come out to insuspect the hillsides and make sure they're stable and safe. with a lot of rain, you get a lot saturation. sometimes the slides don't happen that first day. they happen later. >> reporter: cnn, lake elizabeth, california. >> that had to be so scary for the people in those cars. next here, egypt is...