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Stunning rainfall, mudslides, flooding thrash SoCal, but dangerous storm isn’t done yet

Multiple homes were damaged and at least one water rescue was underway as a large and dangerous storm system continued its push through Southern California on Monday. The slow-moving atmospheric river parked itself over the Los Angeles metropolitan area late Sunday afternoon, jump-starting what the National Weather Service called “one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory.” By ...
A car sits partially submerged on a flooded road during a rain storm in Long Beach, California, on Feb. 1, 2024.

Multiple homes were damaged and at least one water rescue was underway as a large and dangerous storm system continued its push through Southern California on Monday.

The slow-moving atmospheric river parked itself over the Los Angeles metropolitan area late Sunday afternoon, jump-starting what the National Weather Service called “one of the most dramatic weather days in recent memory.” By Monday morning, the storm was straddling Los Angeles and Orange counties, where an “ extremely dangerous situation” was unfolding including rushing rivers, downed trees, flooded streets and power outages, as well as landslides in the Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica Mountains.

In the San Fernando Valley, crews were responding to a report of a 6-year-old boy who needed rescue from a wash near Arleta, according to the . The boy hadn’t been

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