A house is submerged in floodwaters from the Salinas River near Chualar, California, US on Thursday. A "relentless parade of cyclones" hitting California was expected to shift farther to the north, the US National Weather Service said Thursday, as the region continued to struggle with massive floods and landslides. At least 18 people are known to have died in the recent series of storms that have lashed the western US,
bringing rainfall levels not seen in 150 years to some places. — AFP PHOTO