Boston was bracing for the worst of the storm to hit between 2 and 5 p.m. Friday.
He likened the aftermath of the storm to "hitting the reset button" as they rebuilt their lives.
The sales week is probably due in part to the perfect storm of titles hitting the platform, including Skyrim and Batman: Arkham City, as well as Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales.
The flooding in the class was a result of a recent series of storms to hit the central California coast, driven by an El Niño system which - according to local reports - have been "the strongest on record".
We wait for a storm to hit a part of the coast, and then we pour money in without planning or forethought.
At the time, Hurricane Iwa was the costliest storm to hit the state of Hawaii, with damage totaling $312 million (1982 USD, $USDSD).
Photo: Chris Whitefield amid the wreckage of a house yesterday in Gallatin, Tenn., after the latest in a string of storms to hit the area.
Forecasters also expect a series of storms to hit Northern California in the coming days.
An eyewitness has described sheltering from a powerful tornado - one of a number of sudden storms to hit the US Midwest on Sunday.
It was part of the second line of destructive storms to hit the Midwest in as many days.
Heavy rain and strong winds have made it a miserable Monday as the first storm of the autumn hits Britain.
