More rain expected in drenched California
Storm-hit Southern California was at risk of more floods hampering millions of motorists traveling after Christmas, but the National Weather Service predicts a drier weekend.
The holiday deluge that started in earnest on Christmas Eve was spawned by the region's latest atmospheric storm, a vast airborne current of dense moisture siphoned from the Pacific, that swept inland over the greater Los Angeles area.
It dumped 6 inches of rain in the Los Angeles area with up to 18 inches of rain in the mountains, washing out some roads, and spurred evacuations and some shelter-in-place orders.
An additional 1-to-3 inches of rain was expected.
More than 14.5 million Californians were expected to travel by car over the Christmas holiday, according to AAA.
The coming drier weather should make traveling easier, after days of slick or flooded roads.
The atmospheric river that brought the trouble will wind down across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds.
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