More Rain Expected in California on 2nd Day of Summer Storm
LOS
ANGELES — More rain is expected Sunday in the second day of a summer
storm that has brought beach closures, flash floods and power outages
along with thunder and lightning to Southern California.
The
region was expected to receive scattered showers again Sunday, with
downpours in some areas, as remnants of tropical storm Dolores off Baja
California bring warm, muggy conditions northward, said National Weather
Service meteorologist David Sweet.
The
unusual weather turned Los Angeles County's typically packed coast into
empty stretches of sand when the threat of lightning forced authorities
to close 70 miles of beaches Saturday. The popular Santa Monica Pier
and its nearby beaches were also shuttered.
Last summer, a lightning strike killed a man at Venice Beach and injured about a dozen people.
Los
Angeles County's beaches were open Sunday, despite reports of potential
thunderstorms in the afternoon, said AJ Lester of the Los Angeles
County Fire Department's Lifeguard Division.
Lester said he has been in touch with weather officials and was tracking reports of afternoon rain.
Signs
warned beachgoers to avoid storm drain flows into the ocean because of
Saturday's sometimes heavy rain. The Los Angeles County Department of
Public Health recommends people avoid swimming within 100 yards of a
storm drain for 72 hours after heavy rain.
"All
storm drains flowed out yesterday, but it hasn't rained much this year,
so that doesn't bode well for the water quality," Lester said Sunday.
Warnings
were also in place for high surf and strong rip currents on all
south-facing beaches, including Venice, Santa Monica, Malibu, Zuma,
Newport and Huntington, Lester said.
The
storm dropped as little as a quarter-inch of rain in downtown Los
Angeles and as much as 2 inches in the mountains of Ventura County on
Saturday. It was expected to bring about the same amount Sunday.
The summer storm has helped firefighters advance on two wildfires that broke out Friday.
Muggy conditions, meanwhile, were expected to persist through Monday.
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/07/19/us/ap-us-california-storm.html?_r=0
- Jul 18, 2015 · A summer storm delivered rain, thunder and lightning to central and southern California, ... By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JULY 19, 2015, 3:46 A.M. E.D.T. Inside
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