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Downtown Los Angeles received 4.1 inches (100 mm) of rain on February 4, 2024, marking it the wettest day since March 15, 2003. Several Malibu, California schools were closed due to inaccessibility because of severe weather causing road closures. [14] Power outages caused by the storms left approximately 850,000 people without power.
The National Weather Service in Los Angeles said on X around 5 p.m. local time that the storm was "rapidly intensifying" over Los Angeles County. By 8 p.m., the weather service said all flood ...
Winter weather also had a role in more than 300 vehicle crashes in Virginia, according to state police. More than 200 crashes also occurred in neighboring Maryland, according to state police.
The devastation from recent wildfires has been particularly severe, with entire neighborhoods reduced to ash. “What makes this fire even worse is just the scope and scale of it,” Swenson said.
Due to the storms, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency on January 4, 2023. [17] President Joe Biden then declared a state of emergency in 17 California counties on January 9, 2023. [18] That same day, two lawmakers sent a letter urging President Biden to declare a state of emergency for San Luis Obispo County and Santa Barbara ...
Satellite photos show California’s snowpack revived after back-to-back storms pummeled the state. Left photo from Jan. 29 and right from Feb. 10
From January 7 to 31, 2025, a series of 7 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States. [5] The fires were exacerbated by drought conditions, low humidity, a buildup of vegetation from the previous winter, and hurricane-force Santa Ana winds, which in some places reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h; 45 m/s).
The National Weather Service (NWS) Los Angeles says that overly saturated ground – a result of recent poor weather and flooding – may raise the chances of further landslides in and around LA.