A 12-year-old girl dangled precariously from a chairlift at Mammoth Mountain, California, before losing her grip and falling 9 meters onto the snow, just before rescuers could act.
King tides trigger highest flooding in decades across the San Francisco Bay Area, isolating roads and prompting rescues of residents stranded in vehicles.
Orange County, California officials have issued mandatory evacuation orders for several areas, citing flood and landslide risks from a Christmas storm.
