Santa Cruz (United States) (AFP) – Weary Californians on Sunday were waiting out their ninth successive storm in a three-week period that has brought destructive flooding and at least 19 deaths, but forecasters said drier times are finally coming. US President Joe Biden late Saturday declared a major disaster in California, allowing the federal government to expedite aid — including help with temporary housing and repairs — to those hit by flooding and landslides. Saturday had brought yet more rain to a state more used to drought than to deluges, flooding farmfields and some urban areas. “…