California town 'officially an island' after flooding in two-day storm
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A town in California is "officially an island" after floodwaters inundated roads and left the community only accessible by boat.

Guerneville was cut off after the rain-swollen Russian River overflowed its banks during a two-day storm.

Residents of the town and more than 20 other wine country communities in Northern California were ordered to evacuate.

Guerneville, a former logging community popular with tourists, has a population of about 4,500 people.

The Russian River has repeatedly flooded following heavy downpours, but this marks the highest level that its waters have risen in more than 20 years.

Tom Orr, an actor and writer who lives in Guerneville, went up in to his loft as the muddy brown water nearly swallowed his ground-level property.

The 48-year-old was among those was still unable to get into their house as the waters began to recede on Thursday.