9 News: California saw little relief from drenching rains overnight as the latest in a relentless string of storms swamped roads, turned rivers into gushing flood zones and forced thousands of people to flee from towns with histories of deadly mudslides.

The storm .. brought heavy snow to the Sierra Nevada a day after dumping up to 36cm of rain at higher elevations in central and Southern California.

360 mil is not biblical but it's a decent amount of rain for a place that's not used to large falls. Seems kinda odd to be happening in the middle of winter.