Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms

More than seven inches of rain fell on Los Angeles over Sunday and Monday, making it the wettest two-day period in decades—about half of the region’s average yearly rainfall poured down in 48 hours. The second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought high winds, flooding, and mudslides that have destroyed houses and cut power to more than 1 million people across Southern California.

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Firefighters rescue a woman from a homeless encampment that became surrounded by floodwater in the Santa Ana River during a rainstorm in San Bernardino, California, on February 5, 2024.
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Waves crash over a breakwater in Alameda, California, with the San Francisco skyline in the background on February 4, 2024.
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Workers clear a tree that fell onto a home during heavy winds and rain on February 4, 2024, in San Jose, California,
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Workers shore up the coastline next to homes as a powerful storm, the second in less than a week, continues to affect Southern California on February 5, 2024, near Malibu, California.
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A person watches the Los Angeles River during heavy rains in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 2024.
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Residents evacuate past damaged and buried vehicles after storms caused a mudslide in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles on February 5, 2024.
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A man steps over debris near a smashed garage. A landslide and flash flood hit this hillside residential neighborhood as a storm inundated the Studio City section of Los Angeles on February 5, 2024.
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A whirlpool forms around a city worker in L.A.’s Holmby Hills neighborhood as he lifts a manhole cover to clear street flooding on February 5, 2024.
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A boat washes ashore during a rainstorm in Santa Barbara, California, on February 4, 2024.
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An aerial view of the Los Angeles River, swollen by storm runoff, on February 5, 2024
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A view of the debris of a home destroyed by a mudslide on February 5, 2024, in Los Angeles, California
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Firefighters rescue a dog from a homeless encampment that became surrounded by floodwater in the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino on February 5, 2024.
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