Rain over Los Angeles will worsen this afternoon, latest weather update suggests – live

Third reported California storm death is 42-year-old man near Sacramento

Local news outlets are reporting a third storm-related death in Northern California: a 42-year-old man from Carmichael, who died after a tree fell on him on Sunday.

Carmichael man killed after tree falls on him during storm, Sacramento coroner says https://t.co/ty64BKr3Bu

— The Sacramento Bee (@sacbee_news) February 5, 2024

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Two previous storm-related deaths have been reported in California: a man in Yuba City was found dead under a tree, and a person in Santa Cruz county died after a tree fell onto their residence.

Local news outlets are reporting a third storm-related death in Northern California: a 42-year-old man from Carmichael, who died after a tree fell on him on Sunday.

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Carmichael man killed after tree falls on him during storm, Sacramento coroner says https://t.co/ty64BKr3Bu

— The Sacramento Bee (@sacbee_news) February 5, 2024

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Two previous storm-related deaths have been reported in California: a man in Yuba City was found dead under a tree, and a person in Santa Cruz county died after a tree fell onto their residence.

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My colleague Gabrielle Canon, the Guardian’s extreme weather correspondent, reports that the rain in Los Angeles, which had let up slightly in the late morning, could worsen through this afternoon:

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Radar Loop (Valid 1244 PM)

Moderate rain streaming into Los Angeles/Ventura counties with rain rates 0.25-0.50 inches/hour.
– Expect continued flooding issues
– Flash Flood Warnings/Flood Advisories remain in effect#TurnAroundDontDrown #CAwx pic.twitter.com/XAVY07nbwf

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 5, 2024

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And that’s not all: new projections from the NWS also suggest the rain could continue through Wednesday, rather than ending on Tuesday:

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The newest wrinkle is some projections showing another small low pressure area dropping off the coast on Wednesday and producing another organized band of rain that will sweep through California Wednesday night into Thursday. While any additional rain through the event will be generally light to moderate in intensity…locally heavy but brief downpours (rates of 0.5 to 1.0 inches per hour) are expected…

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This is Lois Beckett, picking up our live news coverage in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference that Sunday was “tenth wettest day in the history of this city,” going back to 1877, the year when current rain-tracking records began.

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“Stay safe and off the roads. Only leave your house if it is absolutely necessary,” she urged city residents.

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First responders had been working around the clock to respond to the storm, she said.

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“We have had to rescue individuals in certain neighborhoods because they did not follow the evacuation orders,” Bass said. “We ask that when notified that you need to evacuate, please do that so you do not end up needing to be rescued.”

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Here’s what we’ve seen so far today from the major atmospheric river-fueled storm that is unfolding in California:

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About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, were under a flash flood warning on Monday morning. All of Los Angeles county, which is home to nearly 10 million people, was under a flood advisory.

The rain is expected to continue battering southern California into Tuesday. Up to 9in of rain had already fallen in the area, and more was expected, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS said that flash flooding and threat of mudslides have created “a particularly dangerous situation.”

The intense weather has triggered mud and debris flows in the Hollywood Hills and the Santa Monica mountains. Firefighters reported helping evacuate several homes in multiple neighborhoods after mud, rocks and trees flowed into residences.

Nearly 400,000 homes and businesses are currently without power and more than one million people are likely being impacted by the outages. The outages have largely been concentrated in northern California, which was hit hard by storms on Sunday.

Authorities are investigating two deaths that appear to be related to the extreme weather. A man in Yuba City was found dead under a tree and a person in Santa Cruz county died after a tree fell onto their residence.

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My colleague Lois Beckett will have more on the storm, so stay tuned.

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California is grappling with another round of strong storms this week and the dangerous potential for flash flooding, landslides, and furious winds expected to come with them.

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Much like last year, when record rainfall lashed the state, the storms are attributed to atmospheric rivers (ARs), systems that have long played a role in California’s precipitation levels – both for good and for bad.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration refers to these systems as “rivers in the sky” for good reason. Characterized by long streams of moisture in the atmosphere that span between 250 and 375 miles wide on average, the ARs that affect the US west are supercharged by water vapor that evaporates off the Pacific Ocean and they are carried by other weather systems from the tropics or the subtropics.

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The average atmospheric river carries an amount of water vapor that rivals the flow at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi River – and strong ones can hold more than 15 times that amount. That moisture is released as rain or snow when ARs make landfall and, depending on the size, timing and intensity, the storms that result can be highly destructive or extremely beneficial.

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ARs are important contributors to California’s water supply, providing up to half of the rainfall and snow that the dry state relies on through the year. But the big ones can also overload rivers and reservoirs, causing damaging floods. The systems also tend to come equipped with strong winds that tear down trees and powerlines, adding to their destructive tendencies.

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Read more here:

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The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for all of Los Angeles county on Monday, putting nearly 10 million people under alert.

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Flood Advisory issued for all of LA County until 3 pm today as moderate to locally heavy rain continues to bring additional flooding concerns as well as rock/mudslide activity. #LAweather #cawx #LArain

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 5, 2024

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Southern California is expected to see heavy to moderate rain until Tuesday. The NWS forecast up to 8in in coastal and valley areas, and as much as 14in in the foothills and mountains.

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“Increasingly saturated conditions and ongoing flooding will be further exacerbated by this additional rainfall, continuing the threat for life-threatening, locally catastrophic flash, urban and small-stream flooding, as well as a threat for debris flows and mudslides,” the National Weather Service said.

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One person was killed on Sunday when a tree fell on a home in Boulder Creek, the Santa Cruz county sheriff’s office said, according to a report from KSBW8.

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The person was trapped in the residence and died on scene, while another person was able to escape after the tree fell, deputies said.

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Authorities in northern California are investigating another death in Yuba City, where a man was found deceased under a redwood tree in his backyard on Sunday.

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More than 500,000 households and businesses across California are without power, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.

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The outage are concentrated in northern California, and are likely affecting more than one million people. In some counties, nearly half of all residents have lost electricity as powerful winds, some as high as 100mph, knocked down trees and power lines.

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Pacific Gas and Electric, which provides power to nearly half of all Californians, has said the “hazardous weather conditions” may impact when they will be able to restore services.

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A strong storm is lashing California on Monday, causing flooding and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

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As the storm sat over the Los Angeles basin, more than 1.4 million people are under a rare flash flood warning. Up to 9in of rain has already fallen in the area, the National Weather Service has said.

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Officials are particularly worried about the Hollywood Hills area and Santa Monica mountains, where the NWS warned of “life-threatening landslides and additional flash flooding”.

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Officials in northern California reported one person was killed when the storm passed through there. An elderly man in Yuba City died when a redwood tree fell in his backyard.

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

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More photos of mudslides in Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles

We reported earlier today on mudslides burying cars in Beverly Crest, a Los Angeles neighborhood north of Beverly Hills. Fifteen people, including nine children, were evacuated from homes in Beverly Crest where debris flows damaged six homes, the Los Angeles fire department had said.

The Associated Press has more images of multiple vehicles sunk in the mud.

Cars sit buried by a mudslide, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. A storm of historic proportions unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, endangering the city’s large homeless population, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes and knocking out power for more than a million people in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP

Vehicles a buried by a mudslide, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. A storm of historic proportions unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, endangering the city’s large homeless population, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes and knocking out power for more than a million people in California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP

Latest weather report suggests rain over Los Angeles will worsen this afternoon

Radar Loop (Valid 1244 PM)

Moderate rain streaming into Los Angeles/Ventura counties with rain rates 0.25-0.50 inches/hour.
– Expect continued flooding issues
– Flash Flood Warnings/Flood Advisories remain in effect#TurnAroundDontDrown #CAwx pic.twitter.com/XAVY07nbwf

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 5, 2024

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And that’s not all: new projections from the NWS also suggest the rain could continue through Wednesday, rather than ending on Tuesday:

The newest wrinkle is some projections showing another small low pressure area dropping off the coast on Wednesday and producing another organized band of rain that will sweep through California Wednesday night into Thursday. While any additional rain through the event will be generally light to moderate in intensity…locally heavy but brief downpours (rates of 0.5 to 1.0 inches per hour) are expected…

Sunday was ‘tenth wettest day’ in LA history, mayor says

This is Lois Beckett, picking up our live news coverage in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said during a news conference that Sunday was “tenth wettest day in the history of this city,” going back to 1877, the year when current rain-tracking records began.

“Stay safe and off the roads. Only leave your house if it is absolutely necessary,” she urged city residents.

First responders had been working around the clock to respond to the storm, she said.

Midday summary

Here’s what we’ve seen so far today from the major atmospheric river-fueled storm that is unfolding in California:

About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, were under a flash flood warning on Monday morning. All of Los Angeles county, which is home to nearly 10 million people, was under a flood advisory.
The rain is expected to continue battering southern California into Tuesday. Up to 9in of rain had already fallen in the area, and more was expected, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS said that flash flooding and threat of mudslides have created “a particularly dangerous situation.”
The intense weather has triggered mud and debris flows in the Hollywood Hills and the Santa Monica mountains. Firefighters reported helping evacuate several homes in multiple neighborhoods after mud, rocks and trees flowed into residences.
Nearly 400,000 homes and businesses are currently without power and more than one million people are likely being impacted by the outages. The outages have largely been concentrated in northern California, which was hit hard by storms on Sunday.
Authorities are investigating two deaths that appear to be related to the extreme weather. A man in Yuba City was found dead under a tree and a person in Santa Cruz county died after a tree fell onto their residence.

My colleague Lois Beckett will have more on the storm, so stay tuned.

It appears that power is being restored in some areas

Nearly 400,000 homes and businesses are without power across the state, according to poweroutage.us. That’s down from Monday morning when more than 500,000 customers were experiencing outages. Still, the outages are likely impacting more than one million people in the state.

Pacific Gas and Electric, which serves nearly half of all Californians, said it had restored power to about 765,000 of its customers since Sunday. The storm was one of the most damaging on record, the utility said.

“In terms of outage totals, this was one of the top three most damaging, single-day storms on record, only comparable to storms 2008 and 1995,” Sumeet Singh, the company’s chief operating officer said on Monday. “We understand how difficult it is to be without electricity. Please know we are here to support you and we will not rest until the lights are back on.”

An avalanche warning has been issued for the central Sierra Nevada, including around Lake Tahoe, as the region sees an “intense pulse of snowfall” that will likely bring another foot of snow.

“This combined with strong winds will fuel ongoing snowpack instability and keep natural avalanches very likely today,” the Sierra Avalanche Center said in a statement.

The region has been battered by intense winds in recent days. The ski resort Palisades Tahoe saw a wind gust of 148mph on Sunday, according to Accuweather.

The warning comes just a month after an avalanche at a Lake Tahoe ski resort left one person dead.

Another debris flow has been reported in Los Angeles

Fifteen people, including nine children, were evacuated from homes in Beverly Crest where debris flows damaged six homes, the Los Angeles fire department said.

Footage from the scene showed dense mud that buried at least one vehicle.

Another #DebrisFlow in #LosAngeles. This time in #BeverlyCrest. On North Beverly Drive. It looks like one or two cars were practically buried. Authorities say 5 homes sustained significant damage. Firefighters helped people evacuate. 10 people have been displaced. @knxnews pic.twitter.com/2livCNC5Zy

— Jon Baird (@KNXBaird) February 5, 2024

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Firefighters in southern California have rescued people trapped in cars and along rivers amid harrowing conditions.

In Riverside county, crews rescued two people and their dogs who were stranded on the riverbottom early Monday morning, and just hours later rescued two more people from another area of the river.

#MissionIC [UPDATE]: Firefighters were able to hoist rescue two patients and their dogs out of the riverbottom. Both patients were non-injury and declined medical assistance. Resources have cleared the scene. pic.twitter.com/y5iTqW5j6k

— CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) February 5, 2024

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#MissionIC [UPDATE]: Firefighters were able to hoist rescue two patients and their dogs out of the riverbottom. Both patients were non-injury and declined medical assistance. Resources have cleared the scene. pic.twitter.com/y5iTqW5j6k

— CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire Department (@CALFIRERRU) February 5, 2024

Firefighters in San Bernardino county rescued three people from a tree after they attempted to cross a flooded road and water flooded their vehicle.

The governor’s office of emergency services stationed water rescue teams with fire departments and counties across the state in preparation for the extreme weather.

Brian Ferguson, the office’s deputy director of crisis communications, has described the situation as “a significant threat to the safety of Californians”.

What are the atmospheric rivers hitting California?

Gabrielle Canon

California is grappling with another round of strong storms this week and the dangerous potential for flash flooding, landslides, and furious winds expected to come with them.

Nearly 10m people under flood alert in Los Angeles county

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for all of Los Angeles county on Monday, putting nearly 10 million people under alert.

Flood Advisory issued for all of LA County until 3 pm today as moderate to locally heavy rain continues to bring additional flooding concerns as well as rock/mudslide activity. #LAweather #cawx #LArain

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 5, 2024

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Flood Advisory issued for all of LA County until 3 pm today as moderate to locally heavy rain continues to bring additional flooding concerns as well as rock/mudslide activity. #LAweather #cawx #LArain

— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 5, 2024

Southern California is expected to see heavy to moderate rain until Tuesday. The NWS forecast up to 8in in coastal and valley areas, and as much as 14in in the foothills and mountains.

Another death has been reported as a storm continues to batter California

One person was killed on Sunday when a tree fell on a home in Boulder Creek, the Santa Cruz county sheriff’s office said, according to a report from KSBW8.

The person was trapped in the residence and died on scene, while another person was able to escape after the tree fell, deputies said.

Authorities in northern California are investigating another death in Yuba City, where a man was found deceased under a redwood tree in his backyard on Sunday.

Here are some photos of the impacts of the major atmospheric river storm that has hit California:

A person walks through flood waters on 4 February 2024 in Santa Barbara. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Storm damage from mud, rock and debris flows along Lockridge Road in Studio City. Photograph: David Crane/AP

Mud and debris is strewn on Fryman Rd during a rain storm in Studio City. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP

Jeffrey Raines clears debris from a mudslide at his parent's home during a rainstorm in Los Angeles. — Jeffrey Raines clears debris from a mudslide at his parent’s home during a rainstorm in Los Angeles. Photograph: Ethan Swope/AP

A tree splintered due to extreme winds on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. Photograph: Brontë Wittpenn/AP

The storm has brought heavy snow to California’s Sierra Nevada in what experts said could be the biggest snow event this season.

The ski resort Palisades Tahoe said Sunday it was anticipating the heaviest snowfall yet this winter. It had already received 2ft of snow over four days, and anticipated another one to two feet of snow.

The UC Berkeley central sierra snow lab reported more than a foot of snow over the last day.

We received 14.8" (37.5 cm) of #snow in the last day and 20.7" (52.5 cm) in the last 2 days. We are expecting plenty more today.

High winds caused power interruptions overnight but everything is back online.

Pic: Weighing snow samples to get their water content.#CAwx #CAwater pic.twitter.com/G3qmnrFAJg

— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (@UCB_CSSL) February 5, 2024

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We received 14.8″ (37.5 cm) of #snow in the last day and 20.7″ (52.5 cm) in the last 2 days. We are expecting plenty more today.

High winds caused power interruptions overnight but everything is back online.

Pic: Weighing snow samples to get their water content.#CAwx #CAwater pic.twitter.com/G3qmnrFAJg

— UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (@UCB_CSSL) February 5, 2024

The heavy snow was expected to continue Monday throughout the Sierra Nevada. Authorities have urged motorists to avoid mountain roads.

Over 500,000 without power across California

More than 500,000 households and businesses across California are without power, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.

Pacific Gas and Electric, which provides power to nearly half of all Californians, has said the “hazardous weather conditions” may impact when they will be able to restore services.

In Los Angeles, the intense rain has triggered mud and debris flows in the Hollywood Hills and the Santa Monica mountains.

Firefighters evacuated several homes overnight in Studio City and Tarzana after mud, rocks and trees flowed into residences. No one was injured.

“I’ve been doing damage reports all night, so I’ve seen a fair amount of damage, and of people being evacuated from homes due to mudslides,” said Todd Hall, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service near Los Angeles.

Houses and cars along #Lockridge and #Fryman roads in #StudioCity, CA, sustained major damage Sunday night and Monday morning from heavy rain causing mudslides. Rain is expected to continue in #SoCal over the next 12 hours. #storm #mudslide pic.twitter.com/IUJCWd4Ut4

— David Crane (@vidcrane) February 5, 2024

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Lindsay Horvath, an LA county supervisor, urged residents near wildfire burn areas of Topanga and Soledad canyons to heed orders to get out ahead of possible mudslides.

Officials have put in place evacuation orders and warnings for mountain and canyon areas of Los Angeles county as well as Monterey, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

The storm traveled across northern California on Sunday, where it inundated roads and forced down power lines and trees.

The weather service’s San Francisco Bay Area office issued its first ever “hurricane force wind warning.” Winds in the region exceeded 60mph (96 kph), with some gusts in the mountains topping 80mph (128 kph).

A hillside collapse in downtown San Francisco blocked traffic on Sunday afternoon.

To the south, in San Jose, emergency services pulled stranded motorists out of cars caught in floodwaters and rescued people from a homeless encampment alongside a rising river.

1.4 million under rare flash flood warning as ‘life-threatening landslides’ batter California

A strong storm is lashing California on Monday, causing flooding and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

Officials are particularly worried about the Hollywood Hills area and Santa Monica mountains, where the NWS warned of “life-threatening landslides and additional flash flooding”.

Officials in northern California reported one person was killed when the storm passed through there. An elderly man in Yuba City died when a redwood tree fell in his backyard.

The California governor, Gavin Newsom, declared a state of emergency for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.

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