California Flooded: Torrential rains close schools and highways

USA Today - A ferocious storm system pounded a huge swath of the West Coast with heavy rain, hurricane-force winds and power outages Thursday, even forcing San Francisco to shut down its famed cable car system.

In some parts of northern California, the storm produced sustained, hurricane-force winds of 78 mph and one gust of 147 mph in the Sierra.  Read more.