An 81-year-old woman in Bakersfield who drowned after being swept away in floodwaters is the latest confirmed storm-related death in California, authorities said. Robinson’s vehicle was found Jan. 7 on the side of the road in the 7600 block of Edison Road in Bakersfield, officials said. Robinson’s death was one of several storm-related fatalities amid California’s wettest winter in years. On Jan. 8, Jarnail Singh Sidhu, 57, drowned after he lost control of his taxi and it landed in an estuary in Alameda County. On Jan. 11, Jenna Santos, 19, died after she lost control of her car on Highway 101 near Willits and it rolled into a creek.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 18, 2017 01:48 UTC