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![]() ![]() More than 350,000 customers were without power in Michigan as of early Saturday afternoon, according to reports from the the two main utilities in the state, DTE and Consumers Energy. Meanwhile, people farther east were struggling to deal with the fallout from storms earlier this week. “It’s miserable when you’re outside in the elements,” he said. He said this winter has been wetter than usual. Lightning strikes shut down LA County beaches and scattered bursts of snow, showers and thunderstorms persisted.ĭerek Maiden, 57, who lives in a tent in LA’s Echo Park neighborhood, collected cans in the rain to take to a recycling center. The storm, fueled by low pressure rotating off the coast, did not depart quietly. No one was hurt, KCAL-TV reported, but one resident described the scene as devastating. In the Valencia area of north Los Angeles County, the roiling Santa Clara River carried away three motorhomes early Saturday after carving into an embankment where an RV park is located. Two were taken to a hospital with hypothermia, said spokesperson Brian Humphrey. The Los Angeles Fire Department used a helicopter to rescue four homeless people who were stranded in the river’s major flood control basin. The Los Angeles River and other waterways that normally flow at a trickle or are dry most of the year were raging with runoff Saturday. “Quite a remarkable storm the last few days with historic amounts of precip and snow down to elevations that rarely see snow,” the LA-area weather office wrote. Rainfall totals as of late Saturday morning were equally stunning, including nearly 15 inches (38.1 centimeters) at Los Angeles County’s Cogswell Dam and nearly 10.5 inches (26.6 cm) in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles. ![]()
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