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California gets brief lull after damaging ‘bomb cyclone’

Anthony Tablit, 5, is is soaked as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

People watch as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Anthony Tablit, 5, is is soaked as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

People watch as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. California weather calmed Friday but the lull was expected to be brief as more Pacific storms lined up to blast into the state, where successive powerful weather systems have knocked out power to thousands, battered the coastline, flooded streets, toppled trees and caused at least six deaths. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Homes near Rio Del Mar beach are flooded from a rainstorm in Aptos, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Seacliff Pier is seen heavily damaged by a rainstorm in Santa Cruz, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Mike Panero wades through flood water while trying to help neighbors who were flooded from a rainstorm on Aptos Beach Drive in Aptos, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Birds fly over the Capitola Wharf, damaged from storm waves, in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree.(AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A man uses an umbrella to keep dry in the rain while walking his dogs in Land Park in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Dominic King, owner of My Thai Beach, surveys storm damage that destroyed his restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Vehicles move swiftly as snow falls on Highway 89 along the west shore of Lake Tahoe near Tahoma, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Nathaniel Levine/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Destruction is seen after a heavy rainstorm on the waterfront in Capitola, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Destruction is seen after a heavy rainstorm on the waterfront in Capitola, Cali., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

A pedestrian walks dogs while crossing a street blocked by a fallen tree in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Damaging winds and heavy rains in California have knocked out power to tens of thousands, caused flash flooding and contributed to the deaths of at least two people. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

A section of the Seacliff State Beach Pier is decimated from heavy storm surf, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Aptos, Calif. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

A support piece from the Capitola Wharf is seen inside the storm damaged Zelda's restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Giant ocean swells pushed debris through the front wall and a window, filling the interior with several inches of seawater. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

Evan Sousa, left, gets help from Calvin Drake pushing water out of his flooded apartment on Palmetto Avenue in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday morning, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Work crews clear debris from a flooded Clarendon Road in Pacifica, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)

Breakers crash behind motorists viewing the ocean at Rockaway Beach in Pacifica, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group via AP)

A tree toppled by high winds damaged wires and obstructs the southbound and northbound Caltrain train tracks in Burlingame, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A northbound lane of Highway 1 is closed due to a landslide, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Pacifica, Calif. Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flash flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A bulldozer clears debris in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Dominic King, owner of My Thai Beach, surveys storm damage that destroyed his restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

The Capitola Wharf is seen damaged from storm waves in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A man removes debris from Zelda's on the Beach after the restaurant was damaged in a storm in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Heavy waves crash over Capitola Wharf in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

People walk along Cliff Drive to view the Capitola Wharf damaged by heavy storm waves in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A person crosses Grant Avenue in San Francisco, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging winds and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flash flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Damage to an apartment building can be seen after a tree toppled over in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Storm clouds blanket the Los Angeles skyline is seen at Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area following a rainstorm in Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Wind blows the palm trees in the background, a man stands on the storm surge protection dune during a rainstorm in Seal Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Family friends remove items from the mobile home where 2-year-old Aeon Tocchini was killed by a fallen redwood tree in Occidental, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful "atmospheric river" pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

A California State Parks employee walks through a damaged road at Seacliff State Beach in Aptos, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

A parking lot at Seacliff State Beach is damaged by heavy storm surge, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Aptos, Calif. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

Dominic King, owner of My Thai Beach, surveys storm damage that destroyed his restaurant in Capitola, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. Damaging hurricane-force winds, surging surf and heavy rains from a powerful “atmospheric river” pounded California on Thursday, knocking out power to tens of thousands, causing flooding, and contributing to the deaths of at least two people, including a child whose home was hit by a falling tree. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

California gets brief lull after damaging ‘bomb cyclone’