Important Takeaways:

• Catastrophic flooding swamps Los Angeles area as deadly atmospheric river slams California
• NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center has placed about 14 million people in Southern California, including Los Angeles, under a rare “high risk” of flash flooding as the storm has already dumped several inches of rain, with much more to come.
• The “high risk” is the highest rung on NOAA’s flash flood threat scale and is only issued under the most dire of flooding forecasts. “Life-threatening flash and urban flash flooding possible in the high risk area,” the WPC said.
• Los Angeles picked up 4.10 inches of rain on Sunday, which far exceeded the daily rainfall record for that date set in 1927, which was 2.55 inches.
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency for several counties in California to help support storm response and recovery efforts.
• The state had mobilized and prepositioned a record 8,500 emergency responders ready to respond to flooding, landslides and travel emergencies, according to the governor’s office.
• The State of Emergency included Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.
• The atmospheric river storm had also prompted emergency officials in several areas to order evacuations and open emergency shelters for residents.
• Several schools in the area were also closed because of the extreme weather event

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