Tag: rain

Rain Prompts Evacuations in Orange County

LOS ANGELES—After a week of generally above-average temperatures, rain fell on much of the Southland on Monday, March 28, making for a wet morning drive and prompting concerns of possible flooding in Orange County hillsides. The flooding fears prompted Orange County to issue a mandatory evacuation order for the Silverado, Modjeska, and Williams canyon areas….


Heavy Rain Coming to Southern California This Week

LOS ANGELES—After several days of above-normal temperatures last week, the Southland will get a dose of badly needed rain on March 28, with a storm possibly arriving late the prior evening. A Pacific storm system will move closer to the region Sunday night with widespread rain, high elevation snow and gusty winds through Tuesday morning,…


Winter Storm to Bring Snow, Ice Across Wide Swath of US

AUSTIN, Texas—A huge swath of the U.S. braced Tuesday for a major winter storm that was expected to dump heavy snow in the Rockies, ice highways, disrupt travel across the Midwest and plunge temperatures below freezing in Texas. The blast of winter weather comes nearly a year after a catastrophic freeze that devastated Texas’ power…


Stormy LA Weather Returning with Rain, Snow; Evacuations Already Up in OC

LOS ANGELES—Rain and snow will make a dramatic return to the Southland overnight, with precipitation expected to start after midnight and continue into Thursday, potentially dropping several inches of rain and bringing a few feet of snow to the mountains. A winter storm warning took effect at 1 a.m. Wednesday and remain in place until…


Cold, Rainy Weather Will Linger All Week in Southern California

LOS ANGELES—After a cold and wet Christmas, the Southland is in for more of the same this week, with rain and snow in the forecast through New Year’s Eve save for brief respites on Dec. 26 and 27. Sunday’s high temperatures were mostly in the 50s, and in the upper 40s in the mountains. Overnight…


8th Grader Spotted Shielding Classmate With Cerebral Palsy From Rain With His Umbrella

An eighth-grade student who took it upon himself to shield a classmate, who has cerebral palsy, from rain as he crossed the schoolyard was spotted by the middle school principal. Witnessing the heartwarming act, she snapped a photo and shared it on social media, touching the hearts of their community. Jerry, who has cerebral palsy…


More Than Two Dozen Weather Warnings in Effect Across Rain Sodden British Columbia

More than two dozen weather warnings remain in effect across southern and coastal British Columbia as another storm hits the province where people are still cleaning up from previous flooding and mudslides. Environment Canada says the central coast and the west coast of Vancouver Island could see up to 150 millimetres of rain, with up…


British Columbia Braces for Third ‘Atmospheric River’ After Recent Floods

VANCOUVER—British Columbia is bracing for more rain after mudslides and flooding caused devastation in parts of the province. Environment Canada says up to 200 millimetres of rain could drench the central coast of B.C. and parts of Vancouver Island through Wednesday, possibly causing water to pool on roads and flooding in low-lying areas. Up to…


Evacuation Alerts, Highway Closures as More Rain Hammers Southern BC

VICTORIA—Southern British Columbians braced for another severe storm Saturday, with a new set of evacuation alerts issued and officials in an already devastated agricultural community warning of another possible river overflow. Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun told a news conference Saturday that the city has done everything it can with provincial and federal support to prepare,…


Parts of Atlantic Canada Cleaning up After Three Days of Heavy Rain and Powerful Wind

Work crews fanned out across eastern Nova Scotia and southwestern Newfoundland Thursday to repair roads, bridges and culverts washed out by torrential rainfall that had hammered parts of the region for the past three days. In Nova Scotia, almost 30 roads and bridges were closed by the time the rain stopped on Wednesday. Most of…