Intense flooding pummels Southern California

ABC News2024-02-06

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The video is a news report about a deadly storm slamming the West, causing avalanches, flash flooding, torrential rains, mudslides, and life-threatening conditions in California and Nevada. The storm, fueled by an atmospheric river, has brought heavy rain and hurricane-level winds, leading to widespread damage and dangerous situations including rescues and road closures. The report also discusses the rare and extreme nature of the weather events, attributing them to climate change.

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Deadly storm hitting the West with heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides, and hurricane-level winds.

00:00

Atmospheric River bringing more than 10 inches of rain to parts of California.

Hurricane-level winds with gusts up to 100 miles per hour.

Mudslides in the hills around Los Angeles, burying cars and damaging homes.

Reports of a significant avalanche in Nevada near the ski resort in Lee Canyon.

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Impact of the storm in Southern California, including mud and debris rushing through neighborhoods, homes sustaining damage, and people needing to be rescued.

01:15

SUVs encased in thick mud.

At least a half a dozen homes sustained damage.

Multiple people had to be rescued.

One home pushed off its property onto the roadway, with everything inside exploding out of it.

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Consequences of the heavy rain and wind in California, with erosion, unstable ground, and dangerous driving conditions.

02:01

Erosion and unstable ground in Santa Barbara.

SUV flipping over and slamming into the guardrail on the five freeway.

Swift water rescue teams rescuing three people in San Bernardino County after they tried driving through a flooded road.

Powerful wind gusts taking down massive trees in Northern California.

One person killed after a tree crushed a home in the Hills above LA.

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Continued rain in Los Angeles for nearly 30 hours straight, with the atmospheric river expected to move into Orange County and San Diego.

03:27

High risk of landslides in areas like Los Angeles and San Bernardino.

Flood watches extended to Arizona and Nevada, with winter storm watches all the way to Colorado.

Atmospheric River experts say this is a strong alino, with extreme drought to extreme rainfall becoming more common due to climate change.

00:00 us tonight into the deadly storm

00:01 slamming the West in fact the scope of

00:03 this growing at this hour there is

00:04 breaking news coming in from Nevada word

00:06 of an avalanche reports of multiple

00:08 people possibly missing and in

00:10 California tonight life-threatening

00:12 flash flooding torrential rains and

00:14 mudslides days of rain from an

00:16 atmospheric River more than 10 Ines in

00:18 parts of the state hurricane level winds

00:20 from this gusts up to 100 miles an hour

00:23 Rushing Water in the normally dry Los

00:25 Angeles River right here more than a

00:26 month's worth of rain in just 24 hours

00:29 mudl in the hills around Los Angeles

00:31 burying cars damaging homes trapping

00:33 some residents inside in Santa Rosa a

00:35 tree blown down across multiple Lanes of

00:37 the 101 in Ventura a man rescued from

00:40 rising Waters under the 101 a ladder

00:42 truck used to lift him up Ginger Z is

00:44 standing by with the forecast from

00:46 California Rob Marciano also live in Los

00:48 Angeles tonight Rob we can see the

00:50 alarming conditions right there behind

00:52 you we're also following news of this

00:53 avalanch of Nevada driven by this system

00:56 yeah David for as much of a mess that

00:58 rain is made here it is all snowing the

01:00 mountains and that is a significant

01:01 Avalanche happening in Nevada 50 Mi

01:04 Northwest of Las Vegas in Lee Canyon

01:06 outside of the ski resort and we're just

01:08 getting reports in now that everyone is

01:11 accounted for we will stay on top of

01:13 that story going forward and here in

01:15 Southern California has been nothing

01:17 short of a dramatic and clearly a

01:19 destructive

01:20 day tonight torrents of mud and debris

01:23 rushing through neighborhoods across

01:25 Southern California SUVs encased in

01:28 thick mud at least a half a dozen homes

01:30 here sustained damage multiple people

01:33 had to be rescued so many slides in the

01:35 hills around Los Angeles but this is by

01:37 far the worst this home being pushed off

01:40 its property onto this roadway

01:42 everything inside exploding out of it

01:45 and sliding down this hill including

01:46 this piano Ryan Davis and his family

01:48 woken up around 2: a.m. by a terrifying

01:51 sound and it felt like a jet engine was

01:53 started like right outside of our window

01:55 and then we look outside and then

01:57 there's just mud and debris coming down

01:59 that atmospheric fire hose of rain and

02:01 wind parked over the California coast

02:03 for days dumping more than 10 in of rain

02:06 in spots hasn't just been heavy rain

02:08 heavy surf has been pounding this

02:09 Coastline all sorts of debris coming up

02:12 through here and look at this erosion

02:14 here in Santa Barbara and these waves

02:16 they just keep on coming Los Angeles

02:19 getting more than a month's worth of

02:20 rain in just 24 hours watch as this SUV

02:23 flips over and slams into the guard rail

02:25 on the five freeway the driver was okay

02:28 Swift water rest teams tested to their

02:31 limits overnight rescuing three people

02:33 in San Bernardino County after they

02:35 tried driving their SUV with a trailer

02:37 through a flooded Road they were

02:39 screaming for their life it was by far

02:42 the scariest moment they said that they

02:43 have ever been in in in Northern

02:45 California powerful wind gust taking

02:47 down massive trees the driver in this

02:49 car in Santa Rosa rushed to the hospital

02:52 Sunday and near Santa Cruz one person

02:54 was killed after a tree crushed this

02:57 home here in the Hills above la the

03:00 workers here are trying to shut off the

03:01 gas the home here the people they were

03:03 not home thankfully but you can see just

03:05 how frightening this force is and how

03:07 unstable the ground is here just getting

03:09 around town a rock and debris all over

03:11 the hills and the roadways here ground

03:13 is unstable and this rain just refuses

03:15 to stop David it's going to be another

03:17 long night Rob Marciano right there in

03:19 the middle of it all Rob thank you right

03:21 to Ginger Z now also in the storm Zone

03:23 to time this out in the 24 hours ahead

03:25 Ginger hello to

03:27 you hey there David we're at nearly 30

03:30 hours straight of rain in Los Angeles

03:32 that's really hard to do and it is not

03:34 going to stop for the next six or so so

03:36 let's look at that static atmospheric

03:38 River it has barely moved all day and

03:40 it's going to finally make its way into

03:42 Orange County and San Diego by tomorrow

03:44 let's talk about that high risk second

03:45 day in a row for a big population like

03:47 Los Angeles that is really rare down to

03:49 San Clemente includes San Bernardino the

03:51 landslide still possible tonight the

03:53 flood watches now into Arizona and

03:55 Nevada the winter storm watches all the

03:57 way to Colorado the timing is important

03:59 because we we finally move the fire hose

04:00 it's a little lighter into Southern

04:02 California ascendido down to San Diego

04:04 Then isolated downpours will be heavy at

04:06 times through Wednesday morning quick

04:08 look at this Los Angeles River behind me

04:10 is still surreal because it's usually

04:11 dry and now we've got these ferocious

04:13 Rapids our atmospheric River experts at

04:15 scrips oceanography say this is a strong

04:17 alino this is what we expect but with

04:19 climate change we can expect more

04:21 extremes extreme drought to extreme

04:23 rainfall more often David anyone who

04:25 knows La Ginger knows that that picture

04:26 is so extremely rare right behind you

04:28 there Ginger Z and Rob Marciano our

04:30 thanks to both of you there

04:32 tonight hi everyone George

04:34 Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking

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