Torrential rains, flooding shut down Southern California

tonight with the dangerous new storm slamming the West at this hour then heading right across the country torrential rain damaging winds up to 60 M an hour even the threat of tornadoes for a time tonight 37 million Americans on alert dangerous flash flooding and mudslides and this is far from over tonight straight through Wednesday before it then moves East nearly 2 feet of water this is Interstate 80 in Sacramento triggering multiple accidents there part of this road washed away in alamaa County East of San Francisco in Ventura County tonight North of Los Angeles look at this Cruise racing to direct the flood waters away from the highways and the homes there Santa Barbara County hit hard as well high waves slamming the shore in monoco the flooding right across the roadways there Ginger Z is standing by she has the timing of this in faith abou leading us off tonight in Ventura California tonight tens of Millions on Alert in the West for torrential rain high winds and mudslides flash flood warnings across Southern California this one is going from ventur County through Malibu all the way into the Hollywood Hill Hills evacuations ordered in low-lying areas of Santa Barbara County half a foot of rain in montedo washing over roads the downpour is also closing Santa Barbara's airport here on the coast high tide is ripping up the beach pushing debris on Shore the waves are up to 28 ft High raising the risk of coastal flooding in Mission Creek Police investigating after a woman's body was reportedly found in the water overnight further south in Ventura County First Responders on Highway 33 working to keep water away from homes a torrent of Muddy runoff rushing into the ocean we're also keeping an eye on the hillsides and their saturation levels and making advisories on evacuations if necessary the storms slamming Northern California overnight swamping vehicles on Interstate 80 in Sacramento this system now threatening many of the same areas hit by those record-breaking rains just two weeks ago homes teetering on cliffs backyards gone the LA River raging and David here in Ventura you can see just how high flood waters have gotten nearly covering that road sign telling drivers to turn around and the rain's here they're expected to continue through Wednesday David just incredible the amount of rain in the last couple of weeks faith of UB leading us off tonight thanks hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and don't forget to download the ABC news app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching

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Published: Tue Feb 20 2024