Photos: Snow, heavy rain pummel Southern California
A powerful winter storm making a path through Southern California was expected to weaken on Saturday, bringing mounds of sleet, snow and record rain in its wake.
Reports of power outages, grounded flights and road closures echoed across the Southland as the plume of frigid moisture blazed a southeasterly path. Rescue crews came to the aid of several people, including a 61-year-old man who was hoisted to safety from a sand island in the Tujunga wash Saturday morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Four homeless people, along with four dogs and a cat, were also rescued late Friday night from a remote patch of land in the heavily flooded Sepulveda basin, LAFD said. Two of the people were hypothermic and were taken to hospital.
Valeria Roman, 23, left, and her 5-year-old son, Emiliano India Roman, play in freshly fallen snow atop Haven Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga.
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Sandi Nelson, left, photographs her husband Tim Nelson and daughter, Sarah Nelson, playing in freshly fallen snow in Rancho Cucamonga.
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A driver who ignored traffic signs got stuck on flooded Vineland Avenue in North Hollywood.
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Pedestrians walk along the Los Angeles River in the Frogtown neighborhood on Saturday.
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Maurice, 50, sits in front of the Fred Jordan Mission in Los Angeles on Friday.
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Low clouds obscured the snow-capped mountains above Acton, near the Antelope Valley, on Friday.
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The Los Angeles River in the Frogtown neighborhood on Saturday.
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A car on Burbank Blvd. in Encino.
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An LAFD firefighter helps evacuate a dog from a storm-damaged Panorama City home.
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LAFD firefighters help a homeowner evacuate belongings in Panorama City.
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A boat sails into choppy waters Friday at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara.
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The Braham family, visiting from France, from left, Joanne Braham, her son Elliott, daughter Evie and husband Jean-Mark, brave the elements as they walk back to their hotel after visiting Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara.
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Officers from the California Highway Patrol turn large oil rigs north on Interstate 5 off Lake Hughes Road in Castaic on Friday. The Grapevine Trail will be closed overnight and there is no definite time for reopening.
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Motorists drive through a flooded area of Vanowen Street in North Hollywood amid heavy rain Friday.
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Snow flurries fall as vehicles move on Interstate 5 in the Grapevine area Thursday.
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A Jurassic scene in Cabazon while the nearby mountains are covered in snow.
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A lone cow stands in a snowy pasture in Yucaipa on Thursday.
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Bailey Griffin, 6, of Yucaipa catches snow on her tongue Thursday at Yucaipa Community Park.
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A storm front drops precipitation as it drifts across the Los Angeles Basin Thursday. Cold and wet weather, with plenty of snow in the local mountains, is forecast for Southern California this week.
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People snowboard and sled down a hill while enjoying the rare sight of falling snow in Southern California at Yucaipa Community Park on Thursday.
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A rainbow forms as a storm front drops precipitation over the Los Angeles Basin as cold and wet weather is forecast for Southern California this week.
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Hikers make their way into the gloom of rain clouds Thursday afternoon at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook in Culver City.
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Katelynn Chavez, 17, and Pedro Ruiz, 16, take advantage of a rare snow day off school, hugging after making a snowman in Yucaipa Community Park.
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Gus Bolton, left, and his brother Darcy enjoy the view from Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon as storm clouds pass over the city.
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A rare Southern California snowfall in Yucaipa on Thursday.
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Snow covered Yosemite National Park.
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A wave crashes into the breakwater at Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro.
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High winds are blowing sand inland, pelting walkers and piling up along Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach on Wednesday.
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A man waits for a bus during a downpour that fills the street in Encino on Friday.
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