At least 17 people have died across California as a result of the storms. Tens of thousands remain under evacuation orders. A president Biden has approved California's emergency declaration. But I think it's going to take weeks or months, before we have a dollar amount on the state.
Rain is good for California, but the state was not prepared for what might be a megastorm. KQED’s Dan Brekke assesses the damage from the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Institute’s Peter Gleick explains how we can be better prepared for future storms.
This episode was produced by Siona Peterous and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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