Record rainfall in Southern California Jan. 14 led to flooded streets and mud-covered houses—with emergencies ranging from the rescue of a woman hanging onto a tree in a Laguna Hills creek to houses being crushed by fallen trees in San Diego.
The rain began falling again over Los Angeles County late Saturday morning with more hitting in the late afternoon through evening. Downtown Los Angeles received 1.82 inches of rain, breaking the old record of 1.56 inches set in 1978, according to the National Weather Service.
People cross a bridge over a swollen Los Angeles River in Los Angeles on Jan. 14, 2023. (Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)
In Orange County, the rain eased off Saturday night until a smaller storm moved in later Sunday afternoon. It continued into the morning of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day….