The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Rare 'high risk' of flooding continues in Los Angeles on Monday
Start your day with the latest weather news – Life-threatening flooding is ongoing in Southern California as a raging atmospheric river continues to slam the state.
Weather in America: February 5, 2024
FOX Weather has you covered with the breaking forecasts and weather news headlines for your Weather in America on Monday, February 5, 2024. Get the latest from FOX Weather Meteorologist Britta Merwin.
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Atmospheric river lashes Southern California with catastrophic flooding
A dangerous atmospheric river storm continues to lash Southern California on Monday as Los Angeles faces a life-threatening "high risk" of flash flooding for the second straight day.
Forecasters are expecting extreme impacts from flooding rain, damaging winds, mudslides and debris flows, while hurricane-force winds and whiteout conditions will blast the mountains.
The storm has already dumped several inches of rain across the region, and the FOX Forecast Center said additional rainfall totals of 1-3 inches are expected, with locally higher amounts of 5-8 inches possible in parts of Southern California.
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Landslides, rockslides, mudslides and high-water rescues have already been reported, and the National Weather Service office in Los Angeles has warned that an "extremely dangerous situation" has been unfolding in the Hollywood Hills and around the Santa Monica Mountains.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency for several counties in Southern California to help support storm response and recovery efforts.
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Image 1 of 6Firefighters assist evacuating 4 adults and a dog from the red tagged units. Take a look at the tree on the right that fell through the roof. (@SBCFireInfo/X)
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Image 2 of 6A 70 foot tall tree fell on an apartment complex in Goleta, California giving residents a very early 4:19 a.m. wakeup call. Two units were red tagged. (@SBCFireInfo/X)
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Image 3 of 6Rain weighed down the leaves and branches of a tree in Bodega, Bay California. The tree split and fell on two separate homes. (Sonoma County Fire District)
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Image 4 of 6Wind gusts knocked down a tree which blocked Highway 101 in Santa Rosa, Califoria. (Sonoma County Fire District)
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Image 5 of 6Downed trees closed the Pacific Coast Highway through Carmel Valley, California Sunday. (Caltrans)
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Image 6 of 6Downed trees closed the Pacific Coast Highway through Carmel Valley, California Sunday. (Caltrans)
Record warmth for parts of central US
The Plains to the Upper Midwest could see record-high temperatures this week as a weather pattern brings plenty of warm air to the region.
The FOX Forecast Center expects high temperatures to be 10-25 degrees above average for this time of year, equating to temperatures in the 50s and 60s.
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ICYMI: Alaskan bears found more than 3,600 miles away from home in Florida
Two Kodiak bear cubs native to southern Alaska were found wandering on a rural Florida roadway, and the incident was all captured on camera.
RAW VIDEO: Two Kodiak bear cubs found wandering a rural roadway in the Florida Panhandle
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said two Kodiak bear cubs were found wandering a rural roadway in the western Panhandle in December.
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