"The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in Southern California issued an evacuation warning for Wrightwood, a mountain town about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles, a day after rescuing people trapped in cars during a mud slide.The National Weather Service said waves near the San Francisco Bay Area could reach up to 25 feet (7.6 meters) Friday.Statewide, more than 70,000 people were without power Thursday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us."
""It's really a crazy Christmas," said Jill Jenkins, who was spending the holiday with her 13-year-old grandson, Hunter Lopiccolo.Lopiccolo said the family almost evacuated the previous day, when water washed away a chunk of their backyard. But they decided to stay and still celebrated the holiday. Lopiccolo got a new snowboard and e-bike."We just played card games all night with candles and flashlights," he said."
Powerful storms soaked California for days, causing mudslides in mountain towns and prompting evacuation warnings and high surf advisories. Rescuers freed people trapped in cars during a mudslide near Wrightwood, which faced an evacuation warning and roads clogged with rocks, debris and mud. The National Weather Service warned waves near the San Francisco Bay Area could reach 25 feet, and more than 70,000 customers lost power. Heavy rain and fierce winds were blamed for at least two deaths. The storm system was forecast to move toward the Midwest and Northeast, bringing freezing rain, sleet, heavy ice, outages and snow that could disrupt travel.
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