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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano and agency

Child among seven dead after atmospheric river storm drenches California

a car crushed under a fallen tree
People gather near a car which was heavily damaged by a tree which fell during rains from an atmospheric river storm on Friday in Altadena, California. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A powerful atmospheric river weather system has mostly moved through California but not before causing at least seven deaths and dousing much of the state.

Among the dead was a seven-year-old girl who was swept into the ocean by waves estimated up to 20ft at a state beach on Friday. The girl’s father, 39-year-old Yuji Hu, of Calgary, Alberta, was killed while trying to save her.

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