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Rain, flooding hits Southern California
A powerful storm system swept through the West coast on Thursday, unleashing torrential downpours and causing severe flooding across Southern California. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
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A powerful storm system swept through the West coast on Thursday, unleashing torrential downpours and causing severe flooding across Southern California. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
The first of two storm systems is drenching the West Coast, triggering rock slides and flooding roads. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports from Long Beach, California. Then, senior weather producer David Parkinson joins with the latest forecast.
Southern California is expecting its most significant rainfall, which could last from early Thursday morning though rush hour as the first of two powerful atmospheric river storms hits the state. CBS News' Carter Evans is tracking the weather.
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Emergency crews used boats to rescue people from more than a dozen homes in Mandeville, Louisiana, after the area received six inches of rain in less than 24 hours. Several regions across the South have experienced major flooding, and more rain is on the way. Janet Shamlian has more.
As relentless rain batters most of the South, severe flooding is becoming an issue across Texas. The city of Houston is facing critical rescues as roads become submerged. CBS News’ Janet Shamlian reports.
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The rain moving into Texas Monday is already causing flooding conditions as the West faces damage and mudslides from persisting storms. CBS News' Janet Shamlian reports from Houston, and CBS News Bay Area's Shawn Chitnis reports from Guerneville, California.
Cleanup continues in Florida after catastrophic tornadoes tore through the Panhandle, while some New Jersey residents were left trapped in their homes, surrounded by floodwater. Meg Oliver reports on the storm fronts, which brought heavy snow and flooding to the Northeast, Midwest and South.
Residents on Long Island and other parts of the Northeast U.S. woke up to floodwaters Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Florida panhandle is beginning to survey damage from multiple reported tornadoes Tuesday. CBS News teams in New York and Florida are following the results from the winter weather systems that have battered the U.S.
Massive winter storms are impacting all 50 states, with at least four deaths blamed on severe storms in the South and hundreds of thousands of people waking up without power on the East Coast after torrential downpours and flash flooding. CBS News' Lana Zak is in New Milford, New Jersey, following the rising water there.
Severe storm conditions across the United States are affecting travel, with heavy snow hitting parts of the central U.S., and rain and flooding targeting the Northeast. CBS News teams in Chicago, New York and Boston are following the weather and storm relief efforts.
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California's shores are taking a pounding from dangerous waves. Powerful storms have churned up ocean water, resulting in waves as high as 40 feet. Those waves are causing chaos on land, damaging structures and bringing flooding to the area. Carter Evans has more.
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