California experiencing flooding, loss of power during slow-moving storm

California’s south is being pummelled by a powerful atmospheric river storm, dubbed a Pineapple Express. The slow-moving system has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the US state. Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a state of emergency for several counties. State officials have mobilised 8,500 emergency responders to handle flooding and water rescues. Some parts of California have seen more than 200 millimetres of rain as more continues to fall.