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In a strange quirk of timing, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake rocked the city of 0jai, about 80 miles north—west of los angeles. there was some minor damage, but no injuries. peter bowes, bbc news. jamie rhome is deputy director of the us national hurricane center — he says the areas being hit aren't used to this sort of storm. you have an unusual situation of a tropical storm moving into southern california, where much of the area doesn't handle this much rainfall, let alone this much rainfall over a short period of time. what happens when the rain falls on the ground, rather than the ground s...

About an earthquake that originally came at 6.0 was that it is to be closer to 5.1. there were over 13 aftershocks just in the drive over the region. these are certainly interesting times. jon baird, reporter at knx news in south california, gave us the latest from los angeles. the situation is much improved over the last few hours. the rain is gone, the sun has finally come out, i don't see any winds, but i notice up the street here, i am in sun valley, the north part of la, we are seeing a lot of water still running down the gutters, you fly through an intersection, it's like a boat with all...

All that started within an hour or two, and kept piling up and the water kept coming further back up the street, and just more and more. lives can't be replaced. material objects can. it's better to just replace a house and fix whatever gets damaged than to get somebody drowning over something that's avoidable. california's governor gave this update on the many problems now being tackled by the state's emergency services a little earlier. there is an old, ancient curse that loosely is translated as, may you live in interesting times. it is certainly interesting times. tornadoes, lightning stri...

Aggravation. hilary packed a wall up for a region at last saw a tropical storm 84 years ago. boulders tumbled. across southern california, benny tried to drive on flooded roads, some that turned into mock. >> i am trapped. yeah, i am trapped. >> reporter: this is normally a dry wash right here. all the debris clogged up the drains and now you have the water flowing right over the road. palm springs normally gets about four and a half inches of rain a year. it received nearly that much in one day. this truck n nded upp h half bu, eveven rescuerers neeeeded to be rescued.d. and d so much h stand...

Dangerous to drive and get around. when you combine all the heavy rain with loose, dry soil, it makes for an even more challenging situation. mudslides and mud flows are reported throughout southern california and the surrounding region leading to some roads having to be close. so far no reports of serious injuries or deaths from the storm, however the water was too much for some folks, where rescue crews were forced to step in and help get those folks to safety. if the first tropical storm to make landfall in l.a. and 84 years wasn't enough to deal with, there was an earthquake, magnitude 5.1...