A powerful winter storm that swept down the West Coast with flooding and frigid temperatures shifted its focus to southern California on Saturday, swelling rivers to dangerous levels and dropping snow in even low-lying areas around Los Angeles.
The National Weather Service said it was one of the strongest storms to ever hit southwest California and even as the volume of wind and rain dropped, it continued to have significant impact including snowfall down to elevations as low as 1,000 feet . Hills around suburban Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, were blanketed in white, and snow also surprised inland suburbs to the east.
"Quite a remarkable storm the last few days with historic amounts of precip and snow down to elevations that rarely see snow," the LA-area weather office wrote. Derek Maiden, 57, who lives in a tent in LA's Echo Park neighbourhood, collected cans in the rain to take to a recycling centre. He said this winter has been wetter than usual. "It's miserable when you're outside in the elements," he said.
"People are not just angry but struggling," said Em Perry, environmental justice director for Michigan United, a group that advocates for economic and racial justice. "People are huddling under blankets for warmth." After driving to a relative's home to store food, Rinker, 27, compared the destruction of trees to tornado damage.
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