<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Evacuation orders and advisories are in place in parts of northern California as a major storm slams into the coast.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regions that have been hit by wildfires in the past were among the first places to be told to evacuate due to concerns about flooding and landslides.</div><div><br></div><div>California's governor has declared a state of emergency for the storm - the second to drench the state in a week.</div><div><br></div><div>Forecasters say it will form into a bomb cyclone, a type of explosive storm, and will probably kill people.</div><div><br></div><div>Northern California, which saw a deadly levee breach over the weekend, is expected to be hardest-hit.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a flood watch and high wind warning for the entire Bay Area in northern California, saying that wind gusts were expected to down trees and cause power outages</div><div><br></div><div>It warned that the North Fork Dam was compromised and water would overtop its spillway by Thursday morning. The NWS urged anyone in low-lying areas beneath the dam to "move to higher ground immediately" - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>