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... Southern California is facing landslides, flash flooding and torrential rains as the state continues to be hit by an atmospheric river for a second day.
About 1.4 million people in the area were under flash-flood warnings and more than 500,000 were without electricity in California as of early Monday morning, according to Poweroutage.us.
Many parts of Los Angeles County have seen more than nine inches of rain, and the National Weather Service says as many as 14 could fall in mountain and foothill communities.
"The ongoing atmospheric river will bring another day of heavy precipitation to California," the National Weather Service said. "Heavy snow in the mountains will create dangerous to near-impossible travel at times, while heavy rain will produce significant flash flooding."
A rare "hurricane force wind warning" was put in place by the National Weather Service for the Central Coast. NWS is predicting potential wind gusts of up to 92 mph from the Monterey Peninsula to the northern section of San Luis Obispo County.
A state of emergency has been declared for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. ...