Heavy rains inundated California, raising the risk of life-threatening floods and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power as a powerful Pacific storm batters the state.(Getty Images via AFP)
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Nearly all of Southern California, including the Los Angeles area, was under flash flood advisories and watches. (Getty Images via AFP)
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The National Weather Service reported that between 5 and 10 inches (12.7 to 25.4 centimeters) of rain had fallen, with more expected.(AFP)
A firefighter walks on mud and rocks from a mudslide during a storm in Los Angeles, California,.(Bloomberg)
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This aerial view shows a man shovelling mud after a landslide pushed a tree into his and his neighbor's houses as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms inundates the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California, on February 5.(AFP)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
