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Qantas and Virgin have had to cancel a number of flights due to the wild weather.

The forecast forced residents to take shelter and prompted Yosemite National Park and at least one Lake Tahoe ski resort to close.

An atmospheric river is rolling over California, causing the National Weather Service to put a portion of Northern California under flood watch.

10 people have died in devastating storms on the east coast while a firefighter died fighting an out of control blaze in Western Australia.