Landslides and flooding in California amid record levels of rainfall

Firefighters walk through floodwaters while responding to a rescue call in Sonoma County, California (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

California has been hit by record levels of rainfall, which has caused small landslides and flooding in the US state.

The storm on the west coast of America arrived earlier this week, killing two people and cutting of power to hundreds of thousands, mostly in the Seattle area, before its strong winds moved through northern California.