California is in for a brief weekend reprieve from damaging holiday storms that killed four people and hobbled Christmas travel, but weather officials warned of more wet weather heading to the rain-soaked state starting on New Year’s Eve.
Heavy rains pummeled much of California over the past seven days, bringing flash floods, mudslides, and power outages that caused waterlogged freeways and widespread flight delays.
A storm-damaged property in Wrightwood, California, on Dec. 25.
Photographer: William Liang/AP Photo
Some areas of the state saw more than 17 inches of rain and winds topping 110 mph during the storms, the National Weather Service said. A tornado touched downin a Los Angeles neighborhood, ...