A powerful atmospheric river storm is hitting parts of Southern California, bringing heavy rain, strong winds, and potential flooding. On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency across 8 counties in anticipation of the storm. Downtown LA set a new single-day rainfall record on Sunday with over 4 inches of rain. As of early Monday, over 560,000 homes were without power due to downed lines and outages across several counties. Flash flood warnings remain in effect for LA and Ventura counties through Monday morning.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 A powerful atmospheric river storm is hitting parts of Southern California,
00:06 bringing heavy rain, strong winds and potential flooding.
00:09 On Sunday, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency
00:13 across eight counties in anticipation of the storm.
00:16 Downtown LA set a new single-day rainfall record on Sunday with over four inches of rain.
00:21 As of early Monday, over 560,000 homes were without power
00:26 due to downed lines and outages across several counties.
00:29 Flash flood warnings remain in effect for LA and Ventura counties through Monday morning.
00:33 Forecasters warn the heaviest rain has yet to hit some areas as the storm moves south.
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