Snow-covered mountains were already visible in pictures from California on Friday, and the weather then got even worse on Saturday.
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Bad weather in the sunny state!
California- As a ferocious, multiday winter storm begins to subside after delivering heavy snow and ice, Millions of people in California are looking outside these days. Instead of blue skies, they only see snow and rain.
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The warning is valid for this weekend: snowstorms, floods, avalanches, and freezing temperatures. A severe winter storm is looming in the sun-drenched west coast state!
More than 100,000 electricity customers in California were already without electricity on Saturday night, according to the website "poweroutage.us."
The National Weather Service temporarily issued a flood warning for Los Angeles and other cities. Downtown Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Santa Barbara were affected.
The CNN broadcaster reported on Friday and during the night that the streets in and around Los Angeles were flooded.
In its first-ever blizzard warning, warnings in Southern California. Snow-capped mountains could already be seen in pictures from California on Friday. Meteorologists expected more snow at higher altitudes and thunderstorms at lower altitudes for Saturday. This storm system will be freezing, and snow levels will be shallow. In fact, areas very close to the Pacific Coast and also into the interior valleys that are not accustomed to seeing snow may see some accumulating snowfall," the National Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service in San Diego said the San Bernardino County mountains could see 3 to 5 feet of snow through Saturday morning. Blizzard warnings were also issued for Los Angeles and Ventura counties through Saturday afternoon. Up to 5 feet of snow is possible, with some isolated areas seeing between 7 and 8 feet.
Snow has fallen in unusual places: snow or sleet is said to have been sighted near the famous "Hollywood" sign on Friday, the weather service reported on Twitter.
A violent winter storm caused chaos not only in California. In the US state of Michigan, around 465,000 customers were still without electricity on Saturday night, as "poweroutage.us" reported. Previously, the number of affected households was even higher there.
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