This past week the major weather problem in California is not the drought; quite the opposite actually, since California is experiencing severe flooding. A powerful set of thunderstorms have overflown California’s rivers, knocked down its trees, and forced many to evacuate. And there are several more days of heavy rain predicted to come.

Citizens living in Northern California were urged to evacuate by the authorities due to the high possibility of the rivers flooding. In the past week, Central California has received over two feet of precipitation; this has caused the rivers to overflow and flood the streets, cities, and the state’s vineyards.

While the rain has inundated California’s lower areas, snow has been engulfing the more elevated regions. Mammoth Mountain, a ski resort in eastern Sierra Nevada reported up to 15 feet of new snow in only six days.

Besides the onslaught of rain and snow, a small tornado occurred near Sacramento early Wednesday morning, thankfully resulting in no reported injuries.

Various mudslides have also occurred, causing the freeways to be closed until they can be cleared up and secured for driving.

“The storm is forecast to move out of Central California and bring snow to the Rocky Mountains and rain to the Los Angeles area in Southern California, which is entering its sixth year of severe drought,” mentions an ABC News article. The storm will advance toward Northern California before moving into Central California. Meteorologists from ABC News predict the new storm will bring at least 2 inches of rain in California through Friday.