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I-5 through Grapevine reopens, Cave fire fizzling out after snow and rain wallop Southern California

Authorities reopened Interstate 5 through the Grapevine in California in both directions early Thursday afternoon, ending a closure forced by heavy snow as a second powerful winter storm moved into Southern California on Thanksgiving Day.

California Highway Patrol officers began escorting traffic along the southbound lanes around 1:30 p.m. and reopened the freeway to northbound traffic at 2:55 p.m. Traffic is free flowing, though one lane in each direction remains closed, the CHP said.

Showers and possible thunderstorms were on tap for the Southern California, with rain and snow continuing in Northern California.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings and advisories for parts of Southern California through Thursday afternoon. Intense downpours of up to half an inch an hour threatened to cause road flooding and mudflows in recent wildfire burn areas, including the hillsides where the Getty fire burned a month ago in Brentwood on the west side of Los Angeles.

Snow fell in Lancaster

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