Batten down the hatches: Most powerful storm to hit southern California in years barrels in bringing up to 10 inches of rain and 70mph winds
A powerful storm is bringing heaving rain and winds to southern California
The storm started Friday and is expected to last through Saturday
The sudden drenching of water could cause flash flooding and mudslides
The city of Duarte, in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles, ordered an evacuation of 180 homes below a burn scar
Northern California, where the bulging Oroville Dam is located, will mostly miss this storm
But another system is set to take aim there early next week
ASHLEY COLLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
17 February 2017
Southern California is currently being battered by a storm that experts say could be the biggest in six years, bringing heavy rains, gusting winds and the potential for flash floods and mudslides.
The entire Southland of California is on flood watch, including Death Valley National Park – considered to be the driest place in America.
‘This will likely go down in the record books as one of the wettest February days ever,’ Crystal Egger, NBC’s weather forecaster, said.
For now, the storm will mostly steer clear of Northern California, where the bulging Oroville Dam threatened to give way to erosion last week.
But another system could bring more water to the straining dam early next week.
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