This aerial photograph shows vehicles and farm equipment flooded at the Mickelson Pumpkin Patch in Petaluma, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

A boat washes ashore as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

A driver is turned back by a mud slide blocking the road as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

A driver is turned back by a mud slide blocking the road as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

A man aims his umbrella into the wind near ocean surf turned mud brown by storm runoff water as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

Seagulls fly over ocean surf, turned mud brown by storm runoff water, as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

Waves turned mud brown by storm runoff water hit a pier as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms, and potentially the biggest storm of the season, arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

A car drives through a flooded road in Topanga, California, on February 4, 2024. The US West Coast was getting drenched on February 1 as the first of two powerful storms moved in, part of a "Pineapple Express" weather pattern that was washing out roads and sparking flood warnings. The National Weather Service said "the largest storm of the season" would likely begin on February 4. (Photo by APU GOMES / AFP)

(FILES) Palm trees are blown by strong wind as the second and more powerful of two atmospheric river storms arrives to Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024. Millions of people faced dangerous flooding in California February 5, 2024 after a storm brought record rains and gusting winds, leaving at least one person dead. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP)

FILE - A man huddles under an umbrella as he walks a dog along the shoreline at Pacific Grove, Calif., Feb. 2, 2024. California braced Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024 for the worst of a potentially dangerous storm that threatened to hammer parts of the state with hurricane-force winds and cause flooding and mudslides as it moves down the coast over the next few days. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)