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Forceful flooding that washed away roads and sent residents across parts of northern and central California fleeing their homes is expected to continue Saturday and through the weekend as more rain arrives.

But Saturday is not projected to bring the torrential walls of rain that battered communities Friday, which saw bridges collapse, roads split open and caused thousands of power outages.At least two people have died as a result of the storms, officials said.

The impacts from this week’s storms have been compounded after severe rainfall was dumped over the same areas buried by heavy snowfalls the past two weeks.

Melting snowpack will play a role in prolonging flooding over the upcoming days, forecasters have said.About 15 million people were under flood watches – stretching from as far north as Redding southward to San Bernardino in California, and included parts of northwest Nevada.

Flood warnings were still in effect across portions of northern and central California through early Saturday.

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