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The leaders of California’s 58 counties have vastly different staff and budgets, state officials note, and should have leeway to develop localized plans.

The chance for localized flooding and debris flows are most likely Thursday and Friday, and those storms could also bring some strong, isolated winds.

Meanwhile, two localized cases are playing out in Illinois and Arizona.

Forecasters say the storms could bring localized winds, flooding, debris flows and the chance for dry lightning, which could spark fires.

“Elimination means the infection is gone in a geographic area and there’s no localized transmission,” Swartzberg added, “so we’ve pretty much eliminated the plague as a serious problem.”