A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, February 25, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles.
The slow-moving winter storm has struck the West Coast, flooding highways in Los Angeles and prompting rare blizzard warnings in Southern California. In its first-ever blizzard warning, the National Weather Service in San Diego said the San Bernardino County mountains could see 3 to 5 feet of snow through Saturday morning.
According to bbc.com, blizzard warnings were also issued for Los Angeles and Ventura counties. Up to 5 feet of snow is possible, with some isolated areas seeing between 7 and 8 feet. The National Weather Service’s Los Angeles office issued its last blizzard warning on February 4, 1989.
A massive storm has already brought major blizzards and temperatures far below freezing to much of the northern US.
Source: apnews.com