Overview
- Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency across multiple counties, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Shasta.
- Los Angeles authorities issued evacuation orders and warnings for hundreds of properties and opened shelters as crews prepared for flash floods and mudflows.
- The National Weather Service warned of life‑threatening flooding, landslides and debris flows with locally more than 25 to 30 centimeters of rain and heavy Sierra Nevada snow.
- More than 125,000 customers lost power at times, major roads were closed and a brief tornado warning in Los Angeles was later withdrawn.
- At least two storm‑related deaths were reported as officials cautioned that the risk of additional flooding and slope failures will persist through Friday.