An hourslong search for the child was suspended Monday afternoon "because the weather had become too severe and it was not safe anymore for first responders," San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Tony Cipolla told CNN. Gavin Newsom's office said Monday.Ĭhild missing: A 5-year-old was swept away by floodwaters Monday morning near the Salinas River in San Miguel, about a 215-mile drive northwest of Los Angeles, authorities said. As of Monday afternoon, at least 14 people in California have died because of recent storms - "more lives than wildfires in the past two years combined," Gov.
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"Within a matter of minutes, it was from across the street all the way into our yard, and it went really fast."ĭriver killed: On California's central coast, a driver died Monday afternoon after entering a flooded roadway in Avila Beach, roughly a 180-mile drive northwest of Los Angeles, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office said. "It just came really quick," Oliveira said. In Santa Cruz County just southwest of San Jose, Rachel Oliveria stayed home Monday as water from a nearby river rose and flooded her residence.
On Monday, trees crashed down, homes lost power and major roadways were turned into rivers or otherwise closed as storms unleashed powerful winds and heavy downpours. mudslides," the Weather Prediction Center said Tuesday, no small threat for California soil already scarred by historic drought and devastating wildfires.įrom north to south in the Golden State this week, flooding, mudslides or threats thereof have led to evacuations, road closures and desperate rescues. "Today's heavy rain will further exacerbate ongoing flooding while prolonging the risk of. The greatest threat for new flooding Tuesday is in the mountains just east of Los Angeles, where 2 to 4 more inches of rain could fall. It was wetter in the mountainous areas of Southern California, where more than a foot of rain fell from Sunday to early Tuesday, particularly along the Ventura and Santa Barbara County mountains. Over 24 hours as of Monday night, 2 to 7 inches of rain had fallen across much of the state's lower elevations.
The stormy parade has led to dangerous flooding and mudslides and prompted evacuations across the state, with much of California getting 400% to 600% above-average rainfall totals in that time. Tuesday's storms are just the latest in a wave of atmospheric rivers to thrash the West Coast in recent weeks. LIVE UPDATES: San Francisco sees half a year's worth of rain in last 2 weeks More than 11 million people in western Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties were under a flood warning Tuesday morning, while some 34 million people across California - about 10% of all Americans - are under flood watches as the risk of mudslides also shifts to the Los Angeles and San Diego areas.
LOS ANGELES - Another powerful storm is moving into Southern California after forcing thousands to the north to evacuate, prompting dozens of water rescues, causing widespread damage and bringing to 14 the tally of people killed in the state's parade of storms in recent weeks. California weather: A parade of storms is forcing evacuations in places like Montecito and Santa Cruz, CA due to flooding and mudslides.
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