FILE: A view of a flooded street in Menlo Park as rainstorm hits San Francisco Bay Area, on Feb. 27, 2023.

Strong winds and rain brought misery to California on Wednesday, with downed trees, flooding and intermittent power outages reported across the state. Multiple counties, especially in Southern California, are under flash flood warnings after an atmospheric river dropped inches of rain in the region. 

Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, said they have received multiple reports of flooding in roads thanks to rain overnight and into Wednesday morning. Wofford said the weather service issued a river flood warning for the Ventura River near U.S. 101, but they don’t expect it to crest the freeway.

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“We’ve had upwards of 6-plus inches of rain in some of our mountains,” with up to 7 inches at the summit, Wofford told SFGATE. “At the lower elevations, we’re looking at from 2 to 3 inches of rain.” 

In San Bernardino County, the fire department was evacuating homes after a flow of mud and debris left Highway 2 near Wrightwood impassable. 

WRIGHTWOOD: Battalion Chief 141 has assumed #WRIGHTWOODIC for heavy debris flows & flooding. Hwy 2 is impassible. Requesting 3 additional engines,........

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