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At least 13 people have died in floods in the Argentine port city of Bahía Blanca, following torrential rains.

Then torrential rain - while helping douse any smouldering embers - caused mudslides in the burn area and runoff of toxic ash and chemicals into the ocean, prompting further closures.

At least nine people have died over the weekend, as torrential downpours drenched parts of the south-eastern US, submerging roads and houses.

County endures an atmospheric river storm that has brought torrential rainfall and debris flows to a region weary from last month’s devastating firestorms, which also caused prolonged closures of PCH.

In Joshua Tree National Park, torrential summer downpours will sometimes sweep in from the Gulf of California, but the Transverse Ranges form a wall that prevents that moisture from reaching Los Angeles.