Historic Levels of Rainfall in California Storms

Images from Southern California, where the second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought record levels of rainfall

More than seven inches of rain fell on Los Angeles over Sunday and Monday, making it the wettest two-day period in decades—about half of the region’s average yearly rainfall poured down in 48 hours. The second storm in a long-duration atmospheric river brought high winds, flooding, and mudslides that have destroyed houses and cut power to more than 1 million people across Southern California.