UNSEASONAL STORM DOUSES L.A. REGION DRY SPELL ENDS FOR SOUTHLAND.Byline: Dana Bartholomew and Jason Kandell Staff Writers Staff Writers After the driest year on record, 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. has surpassed its normal precipitation tally for this year thanks to the record rainstorm that hit Sunday and Monday. Officials said the rain brought the downtown rainfall level to 15.33 inches, almost an inch more than normal and slightly more than the average for the entire weather season that ends June 30. And there's more expected soon. So Southland residents who closed their umbrellas after the recent record-breaking deluge might want to keep them handy: More drizzle is expected Wednesday before it fizzles Samuel Beckett used the word "fizzles" to describe eight short prose pieces: For to end yet again, Still, He is barehead, Horn came always, Afar a Bird, I gave up before birth, Closed place, and Old earth. out for a warm and sunny weekend. ``This was a late winter storm,'' said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist for the National Weather Service, about the Alaskan front that 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 area. ``The next storm won't be as strong; it'll be a spring-type storm, probably one-quarter to one-half inches of rain. The nice thing is, it'll clear before the weekend.'' On Monday, the tail of the Alaskan storm pounded the Southland, bringing fog, rain and snow and a 10-degree drop in temperatures by midafternoon. It also triggered 190 traffic collisions during the morning commute, nearly three times that of a normal dry Monday. Two Nevada motorcyclists were killed when a sport utility vehicle skidded on a rain-slick on-ramp and slid into traffic on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. . 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 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 , a Toyota 4Runner “4Runner” redirects here. For the country music group 4 Runner, see 4 Runner. The Toyota 4Runner is an SUV manufactured by Toyota and sold in countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Australia and Chile from 1984 to the present. hit a Mazda Miata sports car before colliding with one of the motorcycles, which knocked the second bike off a freeway overpass to the street below. ``Everybody, when you're driving in the rain, you need to reduce your speed,'' California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. Officer Ben Moya warned. The storm dropped more than an inch of rain in some Valley areas and brought snow in the mountains above 5,000 feet. Records were broken in Lancaster, with 0.42 of an inch, breaking a record set in 1988; Long Beach, with 0.6, breaking a record set in 1971; and on Mount Wilson, with 2.78 inches, exceeding a 1988 record. Weather officials said that through 5 p.m. Burbank saw 1.06 inches of rain; Chatsworth, 0.41; Newhall, 1.38 inches; Northridge, 1.52 inches; and Van Nuys, 0.42 of an inch. In Ventura County, Simi Valley had 1.45 inches. ``We've had quite a few crashes this morning,'' said CHP Officer Francisco Villalobos. ``Luckily there were no major injuries or fatal crashes.'' The CHP recorded nearly 200 traffic collisions along Los Angeles County freeways between 5 and 9 a.m. Monday, three times as many as were recorded seven days earlier. Early on Monday a big-rig truck overturned on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. near Osborne Street in Arleta, shutting down lanes on the north- and southbound sides for several hours, Villalobos said. A crash in the North Hollywood area blocked several lanes on the Hollywood Freeway at Lankershim Boulevard at 5:25 a.m. Flooding created traffic problems along 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. exits in the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area in Van Nuys about 4:30 a.m. Because of the risk of polluted storm-water runoff, Los Angeles County health officials advised residents to avoid storm drains and ocean water until Friday. CAPTION(S): chart Chart: RAINFALL TOTALS |
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