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One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least 475 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a ...
In Los Angeles, city workers tallied 254 fallen trees and branches, 549 pothole reports and 106 catch basins cleared to deter flooding. Los Angeles police recorded 21 ambulance calls for traffic ...
At least 475 mudslides and two dozen buildings damaged in Los Angeles. Across Southern California Monday, neighborhood streets turned into muddy, gushing rivers that swallowed cars, washed away ...
For reference, Downtown Los Angeles only averages 14.25 inches (362 mm) of rain in a normal rain year. [20] Heavy rainfall caused more than 300 landslides and severe flash flooding throughout the state. [21] San Diego received record rainfall for California at higher elevations causing floods and prompting road closures.
[10] [11] Scientists interviewed by Los Angeles Times said that further study is needed to determine the connection and California has recorded similar events almost every decade since records started in the 19th century. [12] Other scientists have emphasized that floods were caused by ocean warming, directly related to climate change. [13]
On the night of Thursday, December 11, the storm continued pounding California, triggering mudslides, floods, and power outages across the state. [45] At least 24 homes in Camarillo Springs were damaged by a rockslide while over 90,000 customers remained without power. [46]
A salvage crew tries to dig out a gravel truck damaged by flooding along the Los Angeles River on March 2, 1938. ... the New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day flood and mudslides of 1933/1934 killed ...
Parts of Burbank and Sun Valley, previously affected by the La Tuna Fire in 2017, received four inches (100 mm) of rain and were evacuated ahead of potential mudslides. A debris flow into a residential area of Sun Valley damaged 40 to 45 homes and carried a vehicle that struck a natural gas pipeline, which began to leak. [37]