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Heavy rains across much of California caused flooding and mudslides and killed three people by Christmas evening, local officials said.
The storm, expected to continue into Friday, dumped 11 inches (27 centimeters) of rain on parts of Los Angeles County, prompting evacuations and closing major roads.
Emergency crews had to perform multiple rescues, including one where people were trapped in their cars as floodwaters rose. California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles and other Southern California counties on Wednesday.
As of Thursday evening, about 100,000 people were without power in the state.
The U.S. Weather Prediction Center said Thursday that “multiple flash flooding events are possible.”
“In addition, many streams are likely to flood, potentially impacting larger rivers.”
A 64-year-old man from San Diego, California, was killed by a falling tree on Wednesday morning, the police department told US media.
Another 74-year-old man died in flooding over the weekend while police tried to rescue him from his car, the mayor of Redding, California, told local news.
A woman in her 70s died Monday at McCricher State Park in Mendocino County, California, after she was “washed off rocks and into the ocean by a large wave,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
On Thursday morning, some residents in Southern California’s San Bernardino County were under evacuation warnings, and residents in the San Francisco Bay Area were under emergency food warnings.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Bay Area winds reached 100 mph (161 km/h) at one station near San Jose.
In Altadena, near Los Angeles, residents in the burn scar area experienced flood-induced mudslides that were less able to absorb water due to wildfires that scorched the community in January, BBC America partner CBS News reported.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also declared a state of emergency for the storm and warned residents to use caution on the roads during the busy holiday travel period.
“I urge all Angelenos to stay safe and, if you must travel, use extreme caution on the roads,” she said in a statement Wednesday. “Please do not take this storm lightly.”
