HEAVY RAINFALL WASHES OVER VALLEY.Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer Heavy rains drenched drench tr.v. drenched, drench·ing, drench·es 1. To wet through and through; soak. 2. To administer a large oral dose of liquid medicine to (an animal). 3. the Southland on Tuesday, snarling snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. traffic and prompting flood advisories for low-lying streets and burn areas. The Alaskan storm fueled by subtropical sub·trop·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or being the geographic areas adjacent to the Tropics. subtropical Adjective of the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands moisture from Hawaii dropped a half inch of rain by the end of the morning commute throughout 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. . Malibu and Camarillo got up to 1.5 inches. "Lots of rain, moving slow," said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. By the time it peters out tonight, this week's storm is expected to dump up to 2 inches of rain in the valleys and along the coast, and as much as 6 inches in the foothills. Forecasters predict a 40 to 50 percent chance of rain today and a 20 percent chance tonight. Snow levels early Tuesday were at 9,000 feet but were expected to drop to as low as 5,000 feet overnight, with between 8 inches and a foot of snow predicted for local ski resorts. The storm dumped just over an inch of rain on downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Tuesday, taking the season total to 11.45 inches - about 2.5 inches shy of the average seasonal total at this time, 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 National Weather Service. The rain brought traffic to a crawl across the Southland, according to the California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. , with traffic snarled snarl 1 v. snarled, snarl·ing, snarls v.intr. 1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth. 2. To speak angrily or threateningly. v.tr. on the Harbor and Hollywood freeways downtown to make way for the funeral of Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Maria Cecelia Rosa. In downtown L.A, a large section of a roof at a Rite-Aid drugstore collapsed just after 4 p.m., though officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. were uncertain if rain caused the break, or if pipes on a faulty sprinkler system ruptured<NO>. One person complained of injury and was transported to a local hospital, but no employees were hurt, said Brian Humphrey, spokesman for the Fire Department. On Laurel Canyon, mud continued to dribble down hillsides just south of Mulholland Drive. The city's Department of Transportation kept watch, but no closures were reported. There were fewer collisions during Tuesday's rush-hour downpour than during the same period last week, with 117 crashes between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. compared with 140 crashes last week. "I think people are starting to get the idea they need to slow down," 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 Rick Quintero said. "Typically, what we see are solo driver spinouts at 65 to 70 mph - a speed not advisable during the rain." The CHP warned of possible floods or mudslides along the Pacific Coast Highway Pacific Coast Highway may refer to:
Avoid outer lanes of freeways prone to flooding. Maintain a driving distance of between 1 1/2 and two car lengths for every 10 mph during the rain. Keep the lights on during the rain, according to state law. In Ventura County, a 58-year-old Lockwood Valley man was rescued by a sheriff's helicopter crew after he became trapped in his Ford F-150 truck in Lockwood Valley Creek around 10:30 a.m. The helicopter hovered over the creek as a rescuer stood outside the chopper to help Haynes crawl out of the truck's window. He was not injured. Weather forecasters attribute the storm to two weather systems drawn together by a vast low-pressure area from Central California to Los Angeles. Staff writers Eric Leach and Susan Abram contributed to this story. dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3730 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) A group of umbrella-toting walkers crosses a rain-soaked street along Hazeltine Avenue in Van Nuys on Tuesday. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer (2) A waterfall flows over the rocks and into Box Canyon Road during Tuesday's downpour. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer Box: RAINFALL TOTALS SOURCE: National Weather Service |
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