Chilling rain, swirling grey clouds and blustery winds rolled into Southern California on Sunday as what was anticipated because the strongest storm of the season promised near-record rainfall and flash flooding by way of Tuesday.
Because the slow-moving atmospheric river gathered energy Sunday afternoon, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in eight Southern California counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura.
Downtown Los Angeles
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Individuals attending the Grammys run between the pink carpet and a parking storage as one other storm bears down on Southern California on Sunday evening.
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A person walks his canine on the sting of the Los Angeles River, carrying stormwater downstream on Sunday.
Pasadena
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A pedestrian huddles in a doorway in heavy rain on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. The rain is meant to final till Tuesday and trigger flooding in lots of Southern California areas.
Ventura
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Flooding is seen alongside Camp Chafee Street at Casitas Vista Street on Sunday in Ventura. Officers throughout Southern and Central California are urgently warning residents to arrange as a storm system fueled by an atmospheric river brings heavy rainfall.
San Jose
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Staff clear a tree that fell onto a house throughout heavy wind and rain in San Jose on Sunday.
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Search and rescue staff examine a automobile surrounded by floodwater as heavy rains triggered the Guadalupe River to swell on Sunday.
