Across Southern California on Friday, residents were urged to prepare for a deluge of rain and snow to begin late Sunday that is expected to lead to major flooding, power outages, downed trees and possibly loss of life.
The powerful, multiple-day storm could drop 3 to 6 inches of rain in coastal and valley areas, and 6 to 12 inches in the mountains, with much of that downpour occurring in a 24- to 36-hour period between Sunday into Monday, the National Weather Service said.
Historically, rainfall of that magnitude has created overwhelming problems. “There’s no reason to think this won’t happen with this event,” forecasters warned.
The heavy rain will be accompanied by strong winds in many areas, blowing at 30 to 50 mph in parts of L.A. County, and reaching up to 60 to 90 mph in higher mountain areas and the 5 Freeway corridor.
Here are some details on our upcoming storm. Life threatening flooding, damaging winds and heavy mountain snow are coming. Many roads/freeways will be completely flooded. Many trees will be down. Power outages likely. There is still time to prepare. #cawx #larain pic.twitter.com/PqZB2y5Xdw
— NWS Los Angeles (@NWSLosAngeles) February 2, 2024
On Friday, local residents were still drying out from this week’s less intense storm – or trying to.
Mandy Garrett’s white, Model S Tesla was destroyed in Seal Beach on Thursday, Feb. 1.
“The whole alleyway where I had left my car was flooded,” said Garrett, a 45-year-old resident of Rancho Santa Margarita who works at a floral shop in Long Beach. “It was such a sign of what Mother Nature can do.”
Even after losing her car, Garrett is confident that she’s undertaken enough preparations for the coming storm system.
“You have to go with the punches,” she said.
As the system moves slowly toward Southern California from the north, Saturday should be mostly dry, except for a slight chance of rain late in the day in the far western reaches of Los Angeles County.
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