Overnight, from July 10 through July 11, heavy rains pummeled New England, causing massive flooding and sending search-and-rescue teams sprinting to reach stranded residents and communities. A Vermont reservoir threatened to overflow a dam protecting the state’s capital and exacerbate “catastrophic” flooding that has already closed roads leading out of the city and confined residents inside…

LOS ANGELES—Cooler temperatures are on the way to the Southland this week, along with some rain, forecasters said May 1. Light showers and drizzle began falling early Monday morning, with wind and a 40 percent chance of rain in the forecast. An unseasonably cold storm system will move over the region between May 1–4, bringing…

LOS ANGELES—Southern California was beginning to dry out from two days of virtually nonstop rain Feb. 26, although thousands of people remained without electricity in Los Angeles County and more rain is in the forecast over the next three days. The powerful winter storm dumped 10.79 inches of rain on Woodland Hills through Sunday morning,…

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) worker is in intensive care after suffering an injury while working to restore power Feb. 25 in the San Fernando Valley amid weather-related outages affecting thousands of people, the utility said Sunday. “This accident and serious injury of our employee is a reminder that our…

VALENCIA, Calif.—Three motorhomes were swept into the Santa Clara River Feb. 25 when an embankment collapsed in an RV motorhome park in Valencia. The collapse was reported around 12:30 a.m. at the Valencia Travel Village RV Resort on Highway 126 West, one mile west of the Golden State (5) Freeway, according to broadcast news reports….

LOS ANGELES—A cold storm slowly advanced toward the Southland Feb. 21, with forecasters warning of windy, chilly, and wet conditions that will persist well into the weekend. National Weather Service forecasters called the system “a very complex storm event” that will bring “significant impacts” to the region, “some not experienced in decades.” “A strong cold…

The U.S. Pacific Coast has been battered by a series of winter storms caused by an “atmospheric river” condition, leading to massive damage throughout the region. This comes as winter storms pummeled much of the country’s northwest, especially upstate New York, which killed dozens of Americans. The week’s first atmospheric river-induced storm affecting the West…