More than seven inches of rain fell on Los Angeles over Sunday and Monday, making it the wettest two-day period in decades—about half of the region’s average yearly rainfall poured down in 48 hours. The second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought high winds, flooding, and mudslides that have destroyed houses and cut power to more than 1 million people across Southern California.
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Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms
Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms
Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms
Alan Taylor 12:23 PM ET 12 Photos In Focus
More than seven inches of rain fell on Los Angeles over Sunday and Monday, making it the wettest two-day period in decades—about half of the region’s average yearly rainfall poured down in 48 hours. The second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought high winds, flooding, and mudslides that have destroyed houses and cut power to more than 1 million people across Southern California.
Read more Hints: View this page full screen. Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email/span>
Firefighters rescue a woman from a homeless encampment that became surrounded by floodwater in the Santa Ana River during a rainstorm in San Bernardino, California, on February 5, 2024. #
Ethan Swope / AP Read more
Waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, California, with the San Francisco skyline in the background on February 4, 2024. #
Noah Berger / AP Read more
Workers clear a tree that fell onto a home during heavy winds and rain on February 4, 2024, in San Jose, California, #
Noah Berger / AP Read more
Workers shore up the coastline next to homes as a powerful storm, the second in less than a week, continues to affect Southern California on February 5, 2024, near Malibu, California. #