About 85,000 homes and businesses in the Los Angeles area were without power on Saturday, as storms continued to batter parts of California, bringing snow and torrential rain.
The California Department of Transportation said Interstate 5, the largest highway leading north out of the city, remained closed due to heavy snow, while several other southern points of the freeway in and around Los Angeles were closed due to flooding.
In Northern California, San Francisco is expected to witness record cold temperatures, and the Meteorological Service warned residents of the capital, Sacramento, not to travel from Sunday to Wednesday, as rain and snow began to fall again, after stopping in the past few hours.
“The severe effects of heavy snow and wind will make driving extremely dangerous and impossible, and will lead to widespread road closures and impacts on infrastructure,” the authority said on Twitter.
The next group of storms, expected to hit Sunday, will bring winds of up to 80 kilometers per hour in the Sacramento Valley.
Yosemite National Park was closed through Wednesday due to severe winter conditions.
