Page 14 - Interstate 5 News Today

Until daylight. a major winter storm dumped more than 6 1/2 feet of snow and more than 5 inches of rain across southern california. that storm prompted a rare blizzard warning. dangerous travel conditions caused officials to close beaches and interstate 5 in both directions. children are among 61 migrants killed when their broke broke apart on rocks on the kouft coast of calabria, italy. and 150 people were saved from the water while clinging to pieces of broken boat. barbie nadeau is live f...

Several days. a lot of snow, a lot of rain, and a lot of wind in southern california. that is something that people in this area are just not used to. on sunday, some of the highways remained closed in the southern california area, including interstate 5, which is right behind me. normally you would see a lot of traffic. but authorities are still trying to clean up the highway. not just the highway, but also the on and off-ramps. so authorities saying it is still not safe for a lot of these driv...

Can to restore the power and having to deal with the snow themselves, with snow chains and everything that comes along with what weve seen over the last couple of days. a lot of drivers stranded and having to deal with the highways that have been closed. here is one of them who was very worried about what was going on. >> im actually traveling from bakersfield and i cant get to home because the 5 is closed so im able to get back and forth to work for a couple of days and im also im afraid well h...

All producing some pretty terrifying moments right there as three rvs got swept into the santa clara river after an embankment collapsed during the storm. officials say heavy rain caused it to crumble. and about 50 miles south along the coast the storm brought large waves and hail to redondo beach. the severe weather forcing all l.a. county beaches to close yesterday. and to the north, heavy snow forced officials to close parts of interstate 5 leaving some drivers standed on the road and that sa...

War criminal whos losing his war. it doesnt look good on anybody. >> all right. congressman seth moulton, thanks so much for your time this evening. we appreciate it. >> good to see you, jim. >> good to see you. traffic is moving again over californias tehan pass after a massive snowstorm shut down parts of interstate 5. scientists at the central sierra snow lab tweeted this earlier today. a picture showing snow reaching midway up a window on the buildingss second floor. look at that. my goodn...

Traffic is picking up, which is normal on a Friday evening. However, you can expect to see more semi-trucks and overall more vehicles on Highway 101 because of the Grapevine closure.

Essentially stuck if they were here when the highway was closed. we talked to a lot of the drivers that have been stranded with nowhere to go, having to sleep here overnight. some of them even sleeping in their cars. here are some of those drivers. >> ive been driving for, like, 16 years, but ive never seen it like this in california. i try to avoid it or get around it, and it caught me. i didnt think it was going to be dumping this much. >> this blizzard came out of nowhere and now the i-5 clos...

Cnn meteorologist is in the cnn weather center. camila, you first. >> reporter: it is still snowing out here and raining in a lot of the l.a. area. officials saying that a lot of the highways in the l.a. area are closed. so theyre asking everyone to stay home, if possible. normally where im standing now, you would be able to see interstate 5, and normally you would see all the traffic. instead, youre seeing all of the snow and an empty highway. we did see one snow truck, but its just going to ta...

Were right along interstate 5, essentially between san francisco and los angeles. a minlg hiajor highway and it i down. and so everybody in this area is stuck here. all of these trucks are parked because they are stuck. as as long as the highway is crd they will have to stay here. we came last night because they knew that this was a possibility. authorities are trying to do everything they can to close open the highway, but it has been impossible.

Work crews are removing trees from a stretch of Interstate 5 to improve roadway safety.