Two people were found dead in Northern California flood waters amid an atmospheric river that dumped a record amount of rain, causing rivers and creeks to overflow and creating hazardous conditions on roads,

California is in the grip of an atmospheric river, a continuation of the early season storm that arrived as a bomb cyclone and unleashed widespread chaos in the state. The intense precipitation has led to road closures,

The second day of an atmospheric river brought heavy rain to Northern California and the Bay Area Thursday, with the heaviest downfalls in the North Bay ahead of the storm moving south on Friday.