Person stranded atop Porsche on flooded freeway amid historic SoCal storms
The historic storm system here in the west pummeled the region, battering southern California with torrential rains and heavy snow knocking down trees and leaving some 80,000 customers without power. This satellite image shows the massive storm swirling over southwestern California. At higher elevations, Californians seeing heavy snow, forcing roads across the state to close. But down below, intense downpours causing flash flooding. In Valencia, several motor homes and trees falling into the Santa Clara River after an embankment in a local RV park began crumbling and collapsing. So I haven't been able to get back in work to work for a couple of days and also I'm just kind of afraid we're going to have to evacuate if it gets any worse. A county helicopter surveyed the roads and waterways and later came across the RVs that had fallen into the river.
This person stood on top of their porch on this flooded portion of the interstate five. The unusually sunny streets of Los Angeles County covered in snow. Other parts of the county being blanketed with sleet and wintry mix. Recovery and clearing efforts already underway after the storm's strong winds knocked down dozens of trees, crushing cars throughout the city. And even homes. This tree in Burbank smashing into a bedroom. In Pixley, a levee broke leading to heavy flooding shutting down Highway 99.
Some people abandoning their cars. There are three vehicles down there right now. They are stuck in the mud, water. No one was hurt. We were able to extract everyone from those vehicles and they were all out safely. In the mountains, wide out conditions in Big Bear Lake with many visitors trapped due to the onslaught of the snow. We first were supposed to go to an Airbnb and then because of the snow we couldn't get to the house because the car just trapped.
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