State officials say the recent deluge highlighted the need for projects to protect communities from floods. The Trump administration has tried to cut funding for some of them.

Freeway north of LA was placed under a flood watch by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 12:22 p.m. The watch is valid from 4 p.m. until Thursday Dec. 25, at 10 p.m.

Forecasters expect up to a foot of snow in the Cascades by Monday morning and are warning travelers to drive prepared.

With only sporadic rainfall in the forecast, water should gradually dissipate but it may take hours or even a day for that to happen.

After severe flooding damaged his Auburn café, owner Karrar Hashem is channeling community support into action and donating supplies to neighbors impacted.

At least one person is dead after a series of severe storms swept through Northern California — triggering disastrous flash flooding and forcing multiple road closures ahead of holiday travel.

The Orange County and Santa Ana Mountains area is under an updated flood watch which was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 9:01 p.m. The watch is valid from Tuesday 4 p.m.

California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of a series of powerful winter storms that threatened to slam California with relentless rains,