roadway

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A rare Jan. 1 rainstorm drenched Southern California on Thursday, triggering slides and major road closures across the Los Angeles area, as well as swift water rescues on San Diego roadways.

From Los Angeles Times

Street closures will begin at 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, and roadways will reopen at 2 p.m. on New Year’s Day:

From Los Angeles Times

In Redding, a 74‑year‑old man died after driving his pickup truck into a flooded roadway.

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Asphalt was washed away on Big Pines Highway and callers on Christmas told the California Highway Patrol that hundreds of vehicles were getting stuck trying to pass large boulders in the roadway, the CHP reported.

From Los Angeles Times

Prater said crews were going door to door to help people leave their homes while others responded to reports of “multiple people stuck in vehicles in the roadway.”

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