A powerful storm lashing California on Monday has left at least three people dead and caused devastating mudslides and flooding, after dumping months’ worth of rain in a single day.
More than ten inches (25 centimeters) of rain was recorded in one part of Los Angeles County in 24 hours of downpour, with no letup forecast in the coming days.
Mountainsides collapsed in the tony Hollywood Hills area, burying cars and damaging houses, while in nearby Beverly Glen, a mudslide knocked one home off its foundation.
The house’s contents — including a piano — were swept onto the road in the swanky neighborhood, where homes routinely change hands for millions of dollars.
“It sounded like lightning,” resident Dave Christensen told broadcaster KTLA.
“When I went out to… see what was there, I thought I saw a water heater where the house used to be and sure enough it was because the house…
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