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As of Tuesday, the nonprofit said 18 households — more than 50 people — had registered to stay. But with so many people probably still returning home after fleeing, Elo-Rivera said he expected ...
The Weather Prediction Center's Excessive Rainfall Outlook on February 4 NOAA Automated Atmospheric River Detection Real-time Application to Satellite-Derived IWV Data on February 3 From February 1 to February 2, 2024, California experienced the impact of the first Pineapple Express storm caused by the atmospheric river, which subsequently ...
September 25, 1939 – A tropical storm known as El Cordonazo, or The Lash of St. Francis, made landfall near Long Beach with sustained winds of 50 mph (85 km/h), which as of 2025 is the most recent tropical storm landfall in California. The storm killed 45 people across southern California, and another 48 people at sea, with residents caught ...
Fifteen hours later on March 1, at approximately 8:45 PM, a second storm hit the area, creating gale-force winds along the coast and pouring down even more rain. The storm brought rainfall totals to 10 in (250 mm) in the lowlands and upwards of 32 in (810 mm) in the mountains. [5] When the storm ended on March 3, the resulting damage was horrific.
Through 1 a.m. Monday, peak wind gusts were expected to be 30 to 50 miles per hours in L.A. and Ventura counties and 50 to 70 miles per hour in mountains and hills. Winds are expected to diminish ...
Nearly half a year’s worth of rain in two days. December through March are the wettest months of the year for Southern California, but the scale of this week’s deluge was highly unusual.
The floods were widely reported by media as an example of how climate change is increasing extreme changes in weather, especially cycles of precipitation and drought. [ 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 ...
AccuWeather experts say there will be wind gusts of 50-70 mph from the California Desserts to the coast. An AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 85 mph is not out of the question, especially in the ...