LOS ANGELES – A storm of historic proportions dumped record amounts of rain on parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides lined with multimillion-dollar homes while people lived in homeless encampments in many parts of the city. scramble to save themselves.
More than a million people across the state are without power.
The storm was the second driven by an atmospheric river to hit the state in a matter of days.
About 2.5 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, are under a flash flood warning.
Up to 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain has already fallen in the area, with more expected, according to the National Weather Service, which called flash flooding and the threat of mudslides an “extremely dangerous situation.”
Crews are already rescuing people from rushing water in various parts of Southern California, including two homeless people who were evacuated last Monday from a small island in the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino, about 55 miles (88.51 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, authorities said. .
Flowing rivers carried mud, rocks and household objects down the hill as floodwaters swept through Studio City, an area at the back of the Hollywood Hills.
Mud and boulders affect multimillion-dollar homes as people living in homeless encampments in many parts of the city scramble for safety AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez More than a million people across the state are without power. AP The storm is the second driven by an atmospheric river to hit the state. Reuters
Sixteen Studio City residents were evacuated and two homes were damaged, city officials said.
“It looks like a river that’s been here for years,” said Keki Mingus, whose neighbor’s house was damaged. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department said 1,000 firefighters were dealing with 49 debris flows, 130 reports of flooding, a half-dozen structure fires and several rescuing drivers trapped in vehicles.
Drake Livingston, who lives in the Beverly Crest neighborhood, was watching a movie around midnight when a friend alerted him to the flooding.
“We looked outside and there was a foot and a half of water running, and it started seeping through the door,” Livingston said.
Livingston scrambled to save some possessions but eventually had to retreat to a neighbor’s house. In the morning, Livingston’s car was submerged in several feet of mud.
About 2.5 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, are under a flash flood warning. Getty Images Cars drive on a flooded road, during an ongoing rainstorm in Studio City, Cali. Reuters
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass urged residents to avoid driving, warning of downed trees and power lines on flooded roads.
More than 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of rain fell in the Santa Monica Mountains. Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said danger will continue to be a threat in areas surrounding the recent wildfire scars, noting that rain is forecast to continue through Tuesday.
A record 4.1 inches (10.41 centimeters) of rain fell Sunday in downtown Los Angeles, making it the 10th wettest day on record, the National Weather Service said. That’s more rain than the area usually gets for the entire month.
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That didn’t stop Sunday night’s Grammy Awards from going ahead as planned at the Crypto.com Arena downtown.
The weather service is predicting up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain across Southern California’s coastal and valley areas, with 14 inches (35 centimeters) possible in the foothills and mountains over the next two days.
Commuters waded through inches of floodwater Monday morning as they rushed to board trains at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.
Firefighters rescue a dog from a homeless camp. AP firefighters rescue a man from a homeless camp surrounded by floodwaters. AP
Storms over the weekend flooded roads and downed trees and power lines across the San Francisco Bay Area, while the weather service issued “hurricane warning” for the Central Coast. Several people had to be rescued from the rising floodwaters, including those in cars and others living in homeless camps.
In Yuba City, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco, police said they were investigating the death of a man who was found under a large redwood tree in his backyard Sunday afternoon.
A neighbor heard a tree fall, and it’s possible the man was using a ladder to try and clear the redwoods when he was killed, police said on Facebook.
In Southern California, off the coast of Long Beach, 19 people were rescued Sunday after the 40-foot sailboat they were on lost its mast, said Brian Fisk, a firefighter and paramedic for the Long Beach Fire Department.
Another vessel heard a distress call over marine radio and helped rescue eight people while 11 were able to board a rocky breakwater in Alamitos Bay where they were rescued by lifeguards, he said. One person was treated for injuries.
“They were out sailing in strong winds and stormy weather,” Fisk said. “They are very, very lucky.”
The storm knocked down trees and power lines throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. An AP vehicle is damaged by mudslides, Monday, February 5, 2024, in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for most of Southern California’s coastal counties and said emergency resources were ready, while emergency shelters were open.
Most public schools in Los Angeles are open, although other districts are canceling classes.
Heavy snow fell across the Sierra Nevada and motorists were urged to avoid mountain roads.
Much of the state is still dry from the early atmospheric river-powered storm that blew through last week. Atmospheric rivers are relatively narrow plumes of moisture that form over the oceans and can produce large amounts of rain as they move over land.
Both atmospheric rivers are called “Pineapple Express” because they originate near Hawaii.
Since last winter, 46 atmospheric rivers have made landfall on the US West Coast, pulling the state out of a years-long drought, according to the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Nine were categorized as strong, two extreme and one exceptional.
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