Thousands of people were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday as a series of storms are expected to hit parts of California on Sunday, media reports.
Nearly 85,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Los Angeles area on Saturday as storms continued to batter parts of California, bringing snow to
higher elevations and dumping rain and hail on the plains,” according to media reports.
Interstate 5, the largest freeway leading north from the city, remained closed to the steep grade known as the Grapevine due to heavy snowfall, while several points farther south of the freeway in and around Los Angeles were closed due to flooding, according to the California Department of Transportation.
In northern California, San Francisco was expected to experience record cold temperatures on Saturday, and the National Weather Service warned residents of the state capital of Sacramento to avoid traveling from
Sunday to Wednesday as the rain and snow resumed after a reprieve on Saturday.
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