Southern California hit by destructive debris flows caused by heavy rains – The Associated Press
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Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge. (AP Video: Eugene Garcia)
A swift debris flow swept a Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle off the Pacific Coast Highway and into the ocean as heavy rain fell across Southern California on Thursday, creating deluges of water and mud on roads at the bottom of hillsides left barren by recent wildfires.
Snow and ice in whiteout conditions contributed to a pileup of as many as 30 cars on a major highway connecting Oregon and Idaho, reportedly injuring several people, as a winter storm descended on the Pacific Northwest.
A resident and their dog walk past a vehicle partially submerged in mud after a storm Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Sierra Madre, Calif. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Residents watch as a vehicle is dug out of the mud after a storm Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Sierra Madre, Calif. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
A road is covered in mud in the Eaton Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
An emergency vehicle is hit by surf after being pushed into the ocean during a storm in the Palisades Fire zone Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
An emergency vehicle is pulled out of the water a day after it was pushed into the surf by a debris flow caused by heavy rainfall, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
An emergency vehicle is pulled out of the water a day after it was pushed into the surf by debris flow caused by heavy rain, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A person pushes a shopping cart on a snow-covered parking lot during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Truckee, Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)
In this image provided by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office officials respond to a SUV that caught fire on westbound Interstate 84 on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, near Multnomah Falls, Ore. (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Water streams down a canyon in the Eaton Fire zone during a storm, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Water is reflected on the ground under a burned beachfront property in the Palisades Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Crews work in the rain in the Eaton Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A motorist drives through a mud-covered road in the Palisades Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person kneels on top of a plow tractor during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Truckee, Calif. (AP Photo/Brooke Hess-Homeier)
A police officer stands in a flooded intersection during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Police officers push an emergency vehicle stuck in mud in the Palisades Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Workers shield themselves from the rain at the Griffith Park Observatory Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Mud covers Sunset Blvd. in the Palisades Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
This photo provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation shows vehicles piled up on a snowy Interstate 5 highway in Southwestern Wash., Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. (Washington State Department of Transportation via AP)
Workers clear mud on a road in the Eaton Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Mud covers Sunset Blvd. in the Palisades Fire zone during a storm Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A rainbow appears over Alcatraz on a morning with alternating rain and sun on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
SIERRA MADRE, Calif. (AP) — Much of the Eastern U.S. braced for a renewed round of harsh, soggy weather on Saturday, with thunderstorms and melting snow combining to pound the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. The lower Mississippi valley was facing the threat of strong tornadoes.
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Arkansas were under flood warnings, and residents were warned by the National Weather Service to stay off roads. Parts of western Kentucky could face up to 8 inches of rain.
“This may be a major, potentially historic, flash flood event,” the NWS said.
Heavy snow, meanwhile, was expected to blanket much of New England and then transition to sleet, making travel nearly impossible, the NWS said.
In northern New York, heavy mixed p
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