Storm wreaks havoc across L.A.

ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TONIGHT. >> IN OTHER AREAS OF THE SOUTHLAND HEAVY RAIN TOPPLED TREES AND FLASH FLOODING TRAPPED DRIVERS IN THEIR CARS JUMPED IS LIVE IN TARZANA TONIGHT. HE'S GOT THE LATEST ON THAT JUMP. >> CURRY THAT'S RIGHT IT IS STILL RAINING HERE IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY COMING DOWN PRETTY STEADILY. IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS. >> HOURS AND HOURS. >> AND ALL OF THIS PRECIPITATION HAS SATURATED THE SOIL SATURATED THE ROADS AND IT IS CREATED FOR WICKED TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS WE HAVE SEEN WIDESPREAD FLOODING TOPPLED TREES AND MAJOR CRASHES ON OUR FREEWAYS. AND WE KNOW WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET BECAUSE MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY. >> FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE THEIR HANDS FULL AS AN INTENSE AND SLOW-MOVING STORM WRECKED HAVOC ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OLD. A HEART-STOPPING SEEN AS AN SUV HYDROPLANED FLIPS AND CRASHES ON INTERSTATE 5 NEAR 7TH STREET IN LOS ANGELES JUST ONE OF MANY CHAOTIC MOMENTS ACROSS LA COUNTY FOLLOWING HOURS OF RAIN. >> THE SATURATED SOIL SIMPLY COULDN'T HOLD THIS TREE IN VALLEY, GLEN SENDING IT SMASHING INTO A PARKED CAR. >> FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS HURT. I JUST HEARD OR A REALLY LOUD BOOM SOUND AND THEN I CAME OUT AND I SAW THIS TREE. YEAH, I USUALLY PARKED THERE SO IT'S REALLY SCARY. IN TARZANA. >> TOO MUCH WATER TO DRIVE THROUGH. BUT SOME TRIED AND STALLED OUT. A SIMILAR SCENE IN WESTWOOD WHERE DRIVERS TOOK A CHANCE AND MOTHER NATURE AND PUSH THROUGH THE PONDING WATER. EVEN DROVE OVER THE MEDIAN. BUT ELSEWHERE OTHERS WEREN'T SO LUCKY AND BECAME SUBMERGED IN THE RAPIDLY RISING WATER. THE LA RIVER USUALLY A PLACID TRICKLE TRANSFORMED INTO A BREWERY BODY OF WATER. >> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MOST OF LA COUNTY LASTING UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY AS MUCH AS 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. MUCH MORE IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AS ONE OF THE LARGEST STORMS IN YEARS CHURNS OVER THE SOUTHLAND. EARLIER TODAY GOVERNOR NEWSOM THAT ISSUING A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 8 COUNTIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING LOS ANGELES ORANGE VENTURA RIVERSIDE. >> AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. OFFICIALS ARE URGI

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Published: Mon Feb 05 2024