Bomb Cyclone kills infant in California

In what some forecasters believe will turn out to be one of the most significant storms to hit the state in years, an atmospheric river and bomb cyclone continue to drench California on Thursday, dumping several inches of rain on a region that has struggled to recover from an onslaught of winter storms and increasing the risk of flooding, mudslides, and power outages across a large portion of the state.

At least one death in the San Francisco Bay Area has been attributed to the storm. According to KTVU FOX 2, a newborn was found dead inside a house in the rural Sonoma County town of Occidental on Wednesday after it was struck by a falling redwood tree. There have been no additional informational releases.

The office of California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a state of emergency on Wednesday and stated that their storm response offices are operating at the highest degree of emergency.

The Sacramento Fire Department offered water rescue teams before the rain began to seriously fall

“California just hasn’t been used to this for probably the last 20 to 30 years,” said fire captain Keith Wade. “We’re moving through; the big thing we’re doing with our equipment that we’re asking to come in, we have a swift water team that’s prepositioned here in the city of Sacramento.”