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An atmospheric river hit Los Angeles in the early hours of Tuesday morning, bringing with it scattered downpours, powerful winds and fears of flooding.

Torrential rains battered several Mexican states over several days last week, turning village streets into rivers, triggering landslides and sweeping away roads and bridges.

American Commercial Barge Line reports multiple closures along the river this month, and that slate of closures may be constraining how many grain shipments are making it to port cities like New Orleans.

The heavy rains, caused by two tropical storms, triggered landslides and caused rivers to overflow, sweeping away entire homes as well as roads and cars.

This is the 25th novel for Sparks, a 59-year-old divorced father of five grown children who lives by a river in New Bern, N.C.