People walk among drift wood and storm debris on Rio Del Mar Beach in in Aptos, California, on January 17, 2023. Soggy Californians on January 15 wearily endured their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding, heavy snowfalls and at least 19 deaths, and forecasters said more of the same loomed for another day. (Photo by Nic Coury/AFP Photo)
