A 2-year-old boy was killed after a powerful storm knocked a large tree onto his California home, authorities said.
The child, who has not been identified, was sitting on a living room couch Wednesday evening when the tree crashed through the roof of the mobile home in Occidental, “pinning or landing” on top of him, a Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said.
The boy’s father and a neighbor were able to free the child. Fire personnel performed CPR but the boy was pronounced dead from his injuries just before 6 p.m.
The sheriff’s office spokesperson said the boy’s father and mother were home at the time but they did not report any injuries.
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Parts of California were hit by heavy rain, strong winds and flooding that left thousands of people in the dark. By Thursday afternoon, more than 150,000 customers statewide were without electricity, with a majority of the outages reported in Sonoma and San Mateo counties. According to the tracking website Poweroutage.us, 27,086 customers in San Mateo have no power. In Sonoma, that number is 17,830 customers.
Authorities in San Francisco also responded to reports of downed trees. One family was trapped in a vehicle after a tree toppled over. They were rescued and are OK, the fire department said.
Multiple downed trees almost completely blocked Interstate 280 in San Mateo Country, the California Highway Patrol said, urging drivers to avoid the area.
The National Weather Service said Thursday that continued thunderstorms and heavy rain should be expected throughout the day. Heavy snowfall is also expected across the Sierra Mountains.
“We’re not out of the woods yet even though we’ve seen a break in the rain this morning,” Julie Malingowski, a meteorologist for the weather service, said in a video update. “There is additional rain that is expected. The threat of flooding still exists for today. There are still flash flood watches and flood watches out in effect for many portions of California today.”
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