Overview
- Officials report roughly 50 homes in Wrightwood were severely damaged and likely uninhabitable, with additional assessments underway that could raise the total.
- Thousands remain without electricity in the area, and Southern California Edison projects full restoration by Tuesday where crews can safely access damaged lines.
- Firefighters conducted more than 100 rescues across Los Angeles County during the peak of the storm, including a helicopter evacuation of 21 people from stranded cars.
- Hazard alerts persist even as rain lets up, with forecasters warning of dangerous surf near the Bay Area, ongoing flood risks in parts of Southern California, and avalanche danger in the Sierra Nevada.
- Wrightwood recorded over 10 inches of rain in 72 hours during what the National Weather Service called the wettest Christmas on record, with debris flows intensified by the Bridge fire burn scar and a brief dry stretch forecast before possible showers near New Year’s.