

Heavy rains and high winds continued to pummel Southern California this week. In Santa Barbara, rough seas ripped boats from their moorings and tossed them up on beaches. Zuma/Newscom
A third powerful rainstorm has hit Southern California forcing people to evacuate their homes after roadways flooded and roofs collapsed. Meteorologists have warned that the storms are capable of turning into tornadoes, with rainfall accumulation as high as an inch and a half per hour. Homero Tercero/WENN.com/Newscom
A Los Angeles crossing guard walks through high water on Wednesday. Homero Tercero/WENN.com/Newscom
People without umbrellas use trash bags to keep dry during a third day in a series of Pacific storms to hit Southern California. Zuma/Newscom
The force of so much water lifted some manhole covers along Vineland Blvd. in North Hollywood. Zuma/Newscom
A mail carrier braves high water to make deliveries on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Homero Tercero/WENN.com/Newscom
Malcolm McDonald fills sand bags next to his garage door for extra protection on Blanchard Canyon Rd in Tujunga, Calif. Zuma/Newscom
Drivers make waves in flooded streets through Balboa Park in Van Nuys, Calif. while the first in a series of Pacific storms drenched the southern part of the state on Monday, bringing torrential rains, powerful wind gusts, fallen trees, and evacuations of residents in burn areas. Zuma/Newscom
Newport Beach tow operators work to upright Gio Morrelli's 1966 Volkswagen van, after it hydroplaned into another lane and flipped over during heavy rain showers on Northbound Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach, Calif., on Jan. 18. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/MCT/Newscom
Residents on Ocean View Blvd. in Van Nuys, Calif. work fast to keep mud from coming into homes on Monday. Zuma/Newscom
A Montrose Search and Rescue truck drives past residents on Canyonside Road in La Crescenta, Calif. during the heavy rain, on Monday, Jan. 18. Zuma/Newscom
Doug Cramoline leaps across a torrent of water rushing down Canyonside Road in La Crescenta as he tries to make it home in the rain, on Monday. Zuma/Newscom
LA city firefighters assist a colleague after he was hit by mud flow that trapped his SUV on Blanchard cyn Rd. in Tujunga. Zuma/Newscom
Debbie Barrows wades across a torrent of water rushing down Canyonside Road in La Crescenta while her husband, Mercer, waits on the dry side. The street was blocked to cars due to debris and flooding from the rain on Monday. Zuma/Newscom
Clint Watson (l.) helps shovel mud from the house of Allyn Constant (r.) on Haskell Street in La Canada/Flintridge, on Jan. 18. Watson lives one house down from Constant and was helping out. Zuma/Newscom
Water rushes down the Tujunga Canyon wash on Monday. Zuma/Newscom
Residents in Van Nuys, Calif. work to keep mud out of their homes on Monday. Zuma/Newscom