HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED THIS WEEK.Byline: - Daily News The stormy weather that soaked Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, over the weekend was expected to abate abate v. to do away with a problem, such as a public or private nuisance or some structure built contrary to public policy. This can include dikes which illegally direct water onto a neighbors property, high volume noise from a rock band or a factory, an improvement today and Tuesday, but more rain could arrive by Tuesday night and get heavier the next day, forecasters said. ``Wednesday's storm is shaping up to be as bad, if not worse, than this one,'' said weather specialist Bruce Rockwell with the National Weather Service. Rockwell said he expects about 2 inches of rain. Showers are also likely Thursday, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the NWS NWS National Weather Service NWS Naval Weapons Station NWS New World Symphony NWS Nuclear Weapon State NWS Not Work Safe NWS National Watercolor Society NWS North Warning System NWS Nose Wheel Steering NWS National Waste Strategy (UK) . ``And the fact that the ground is fairly saturated, that causes some problems,'' he said. The rain Sunday led to the collapse of a number of trees in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. area, including one at the Little Brown Church of the Valley, where Ronald and Nancy Reagan were married on March 4, 1952. About 1 a.m. Sunday in front of the Studio City church in the 4400 block of Coldwater Avenue, a large tree fell after water-saturated dirt gave way, a church spokesman said. Part of Coldwater was blocked and the tree damaged a fence and some rosebushes on the church grounds, but there were no reports of injuries. ``We're very thankful it didn't hit the church,'' said Wayne Hamm, co- chairman of the church's property committee. In the 10000 block of Covert Avenue in Tujunga an old oak tree collapsed at a home, damaging a car and a concrete patio. The rain Sunday fell in different areas at different times, with heavy cells causing traffic to slow to a standstill in some parts of the Southland, while skies were blue in others. A total of 525 traffic crashes and collisions in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County were reported to the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. from midnight to 2:45 p.m. Sunday, 200 more than the week before during that time span, said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Francisco Villalobos. Most of the collisions were on the freeway. The CHP reported more than three times the number of traffic problems on freeways during the rain overnight from 10 p.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday, compared with the same period last weekend. The Sepulveda Basin in the San Fernando Valley was closed Sunday for the second time this year to protect people from roads flooding through the area. The flood control basin, near the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and Ventura Freeways, is closed when water levels rise too high, said Lt. Robert Davis of the Los Angeles Police Department's Van Nuys station. ``It's a little unusual for this to be done,'' he said. Balboa Boulevard and Woodley Avenue were both closed about 1:30 a.m. between Victory and Burbank boulevards, Davis said. Burbank Boulevard was closed between the San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. and Balboa Boulevard, he said. The Burbank and Victory off-ramps to the 405 near the Sepulveda Basin were also closed early Sunday because of flooding, said Officer John Seumanutafa of the CHP. The winter storm originated in the Pacific Ocean and came down from the northwest along the coast, Rockwell said. It was the most rain the Southland had received since Christmas, he said. City News Service contributed to this report. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Porter Flattery, 13, slides behind Angelina Vitto, 13, above, with the help of trash bags down a wet, grassy hill Sunday in Newbury Park. Below, Porter, second from left, and Angelina, third from left, are flanked by Alison Newton, 13, and Beau Newton, 15, modeling their rain recreation fashions. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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