Rain makes evening commute miserable for L.A. drivers
Storm clouds drift over downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.
Scattered showers made for a tough Monday evening commute in parts of the Los Angeles area.
Areas around downtown L.A. saw steady rain, causing some roads to flood including the eastbound 10 Freeway near San Pedro Street. Traffic was backed up on several major freeways.
A cluster of thunderstorms on Monday afternoon brought heavy rain and some lightning to East Los Angeles and to portions of the San Gabriel Valley, including Pasadena, Arcadia and West Covina, according to the Weather Service. Some local flooding was occurring near San Gabriel and Temple City, where rain was falling at an estimated 2 inches per hour.
“We’re seeing the last little bit of rain from this low-pressure system as it’s pushing east,” said Robbie Munroe, as meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. The intensity of the “continually evolving” storms, he said, surprised forecasters.
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