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Powerful storm slams Southern California, snarls traffic and raises mudslide fears

A moisture-rich atmospheric river dumped rain across Southern California

MISSION HILLS, CA-DECEMBER 4, 2019: Mission Hills resident Alberto Rodriguez, 32, walks through knee deep water on a flooded street outside of his home, at left, on Woodman Ave. The cause of the flood was a rupture from a 72 inch steel riveted trunk line that was installed back in 1914. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Mission Hills resident Alberto Rodriguez, 32, walks through knee-deep water on a flooded street outside of his home, at left, on Woodman Avenue. A water line rupture caused most of the flooding.   (Mel Melcon /Los Angeles Times)

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A big rig dangles over a ramp connecting the 710 and 60 freeways in Los Angeles amid steady rain early Wednesday.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Nancy Marquez hugs her dog Perrito in front of her home on a flooded Woodman Avenue in Mission Hills.   (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Alex Diaz empties water into the flooded front yard of his father-in-law’s home on Woodman Avenue in Mission Hills.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Miguel Cruz leans on his car outside his home in Mission Hills as water streams by on Woodman Avenue.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

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Low-hanging clouds blanket downtown Los Angeles.  (Kent Nishimura /Los Angeles Times)

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A man walks near the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles.  (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)

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A runner at Main Beach in Laguna Beach.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Blue sky breaks through storm clouds in between rain showers at Ryan Bonaminio Park in Riverside.  (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

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Clouds over downtown after heavy rainfall.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

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