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California braces for more 'brutal' flooding and mudslides as experts warn it won't quench historic drought

CNN · Rachel Ramirez · last updated

Parts of drought-plagued California are facing an onslaught of powerful storms to start the new year, bringing flooding rainfall and even mud and debris flows to the state.

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