News Wrap: Heavy rains, king tides create dangerous conditions in northern California
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🗓️ 4 January 2026
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| 0:00.0 | In tonight's other news, parts of Northern California are bracing for more rain as residents |
| 0:05.1 | try to escape rising floodwaters. |
| 0:07.6 | A combination of heavy rains and so-called king tides have led to dangerous driving conditions |
| 0:13.0 | this weekend. |
| 0:14.2 | Several drivers had to be rescued from their cars in Marin County just north of San Francisco. |
| 0:19.2 | King tides happen when the sun, moon, and earth align in a way that brings |
| 0:22.7 | tide levels to their highest. More rain is expected across northern California through Monday, |
| 0:28.5 | which the National Weather Service says could lead to flash flooding. Overseas now, hundreds |
| 0:34.3 | gathered to attend a church service and memorial for those killed |
| 0:37.7 | in a New Year's Day fire in Switzerland. |
| 0:40.6 | People packed a local church and formed a procession to the makeshift shrine built for the victims. |
| 0:45.8 | At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a fire erupted in a |
| 0:51.2 | bar in the early hours of New Year's Day. |
| 0:54.1 | Swiss authorities announced this weekend they have opened a criminal investigation into the bar's managers. |
| 0:59.5 | After a preliminary investigation showed sparklers in champagne bottles likely caused the deadly blaze. |
| 1:06.3 | Moving to Nigeria, where gunmen killed at least 30 people and abducted several others. |
| 1:12.0 | It happened overnight in a small village in the northern part of the country, |
| 1:15.4 | near the area where 300 schoolchildren were kidnapped in November. |
| 1:19.6 | The gunmen stormed the village, opened fire on residents, and raised the local market and houses. |
| 1:25.5 | Armed rogue gangs in Nigeria often target remote communities |
| 1:29.2 | that don't have extensive security |
| 1:31.3 | or government presence. |
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