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Tens of thousands of Californians were left without power and ordered to evacuate as another severe winter storm brought strong winds and heavy rain and snow.

The element threatens to cause new floods in the state, reports BTA.

Rainfall amounts of up to 3 inches are possible in parts of southern and central California today.

The region suffered from a series of storms that began in late December. 

A dangerously high wind warning has been issued for a large area stretching from the Mexican border to Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, with gusts of up to 97 km/h in places. 

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Watersheds in much of California, including parts of neighboring Arizona and Nevada, are under flood watch due to the continued rain and snowmelt, the US National Weather Service said. 

More than 14,000 people in California were ordered to seek higher ground because of the threat of flooding, and a total of 47,000 people were warned to evacuate, an authorities spokesman said. 

More than 100,000 business and residential customers in the central part of the state were without power this morning after storm-force winds brought down power lines and trees, according to power outage site PowerOutage.us.

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The new storm is the 12th in a row of similar strength since December to hit the US West Coast.

California's severe winter this year has caused property damage and problems for thousands of residents.

More than 20 people are believed to have died as a result of the series of storms.

But the rainfall also has a bright side as it has refilled the depleted reservoirs and brought snow cover to the mountains in the state.

Storm is definitely intensifying, currently mid-20 mph winds.

One ~30-min.

blackout so far (lights came back on but has been flickering intermittently) & several sections of my fence trellis have just been torn down by the wind's velocity.

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