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Tens of thousands in the san francisco bay area are without power. to the north, on the washington coast the ground is giving way literally beneath some homes. at least one house has slipped off of a cliff. many others we're told are now in danger. claudia cowan is live in pacifica, california, with more. hello, claudia. >> reporter: hi, shannon. the first major storm to hit northern california in six years is just drenching with this pounding rain and near hurricane force wind. perhaps you can see the rains slamming against the pacifica pier. it is popular with tourists and will be closed tod...

Xxs only just arrived, you can imagine how much time it will be until families are able to get there. this is still a region in conflict. thank you. >> we do want to get you this major story out of asia come into cnn. at least 17 deaths reported in china. the strongest storm to hit the southern part of the country in so much four deck kids. the stomp brought high winds and pounding rain, destroying formland and knocking out power at water supplies. this is a region that keeps getting wol lopped. but this seems particularly powerful. >> it was the strongest ever to hit mainland clooi that since...

You know, sometimes pictures tell the story but if you listen, listen to the pounding rain here along the coastline of north carolina. we're talking about a hurricane, category one. this is arthur, you're looking at live pictures from north carolina here. this hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles an hour. it's strong and getting stronger, could be a category two hurricane actually be time it makes landfall tonight or early on the 4th of july. tom foreman joins me now from the magic wall. tom foreman, tell me about the numbers. who is at risk? >> the people at risk out here, the w...

Medical center. it collapsed tail fell on a road way. employees in the building that sits on the bluff were evacuated but officials say hospital buildings where patients are remain safe. days of pounding rain have saturated much of the upper midwest, leaving hundreds of homes flooded. >> it's everywhere, and that's the part that makes it complicated a bit to total all the damage everywhere but it's all part of one storm system. >> reporter: across the region, people living in flood prone areas are working around the clock building walls of sandbags to protect their homes. >> what we can do is ...

Damaging. >> there's no doubt republicans in 2016 competing against walker for the presidential nomination will make hay of this just as they're already making hay of his friend chris christieie in the new jersey. >> analysts say walker's rivals may accuse him of engaging in a pattern of this type of behavior. several of his aides were convicted some jailed for doing campaign work on state time. a walker campaign official told us he wasn't charged in that case either and there's no pattern here, wolf. >> stay on top of the story for our viewers. up next, a landslide right underneath a major sh...