LOS ANGELES ---The Latest on California
storms (all times local):
7:40 p.m.
Authorities in San Bernardino County say a motorist
has been found dead after a car was submerged on a flooded desert road in
Victorville.
Fire Department spokesman Eric Sherwin says
another person was rescued by helicopter from the roof of a car that was swept
downstream during the fierce storm.
It’s the second confirmed storm-related death
from the powerful storm that has lashed Central and Southern California Friday.
Earlier, a 55-year-old man was electrocuted in the Sherman Oaks area of Los
Angeles when a fallen tree downed power lines and fell on a car.
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5 p.m.
Los Angeles fire officials say one person has
been electrocuted after a tree downed power lines and fell on a car.
The tree went down around noon Friday in
Sherman Oaks as a powerful storm lashed the region. Authorities say a
55-year-old man may have touched the line or contacted electrified water. He
died at a hospital.
Fire officials say there have been nearly 150
reports of downed electrical lines in the past several hours.
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3:30 p.m.
The storm that’s pounding Central and
Southern California already has prompted rescues and injuries from flooding and
toppled trees.
Los Angeles firefighters say they used ropes
and inflatable boats to rescue seven people and two dogs from the Sepulveda
basin area of the Los Angeles River, including one with non-life threatening
injuries.
Meanwhile, a 75-foot tree fell onto an
apartment building near UCLA, narrowly missing someone who was in bed.
Authorities say four of the six apartments have been declared unsafe to enter,
and 16 college students have been evacuated.
Another tree brought down power lines as it
fell on a car, leaving one person hospitalized in serious condition with
possible electric shock. Authorities say
hundreds of trees and power lines have been downed.
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1:30 p.m.
A major Pacific storm has unleashed downpours
and fierce gusts on Southern California, triggering flash flood warnings and
other problems.
Rain and wind wiped out play Friday in golf’s
Genesis Open at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, where a eucalyptus tree
cracked beyond the 14th tree.
The Los Angeles Fire Department says another
tree brought down power lines as it fell on a car, and a person was
hospitalized for possible electric shock.
Another tree smashed a carport and vehicles
in the Santa Barbara suburb of Goleta. The Knott’s Berry Farm amusement park in
Orange County closed due to the weather.
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11:30 a.m.
Southern California authorities have urged
more residents to leave areas northwest of Los Angeles that could be endangered
by a powerful storm.
Wind-driven rain has been falling since early
Friday on coastal counties northwest of Los Angeles and is expected to spread
across the metropolitan region through the day.
The Ventura County Office of Emergency
Services urged a voluntary evacuation of some homes in Camarillo
(kam-uh-ree-oh) Springs, where past storms unleashed mudflows from hills
scarred by a wildfire several years ago.
Up the coast, authorities asked
residents to leave areas around an 11½-square-mile burn scar on coastal slopes
west of Santa Barbara. Numerous flights have been delayed or canceled
at California airports.
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8:55 a.m.
A storm in the San Francisco Bay Area has
delayed dozens of flights at San Francisco International Airport.
A powerful storm is beginning to move into
California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could
trigger flooding and debris flows around the northern region.
The brunt of the storm is expected to affect
Southern California starting around midday Friday and into Saturday. Forecasters
say rain will also spread into Central California and up to the San Francisco
Bay Area.
But the National Weather Service says only
scattered light showers are occurring in the region north of Sacramento, where
the damaged Oroville Dam continues to release water in advance of new storms.
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7:45 a.m.
A powerful storm is beginning to move into
California as the saturated state faces a new round of wet weather that could
trigger flooding and debris flows.
The brunt of the storm is expected to affect
Southern California starting around midday Friday and into Saturday.
The foothill city of Duarte east of Los
Angeles has ordered a precautionary evacuation of some homes, and the Santa
Anita race track has canceled horse racing for the day. Forecasters say rain
will also spread into Central California and up to the San Francisco Bay Area.
The far northern end of the state will not
see significant precipitation from the storm, however. The National Weather
Service says only scattered light showers are occurring in the region north of
Sacramento, where the damaged Oroville Dam continues to release water in
advance of new storms.
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