Latest news: reopening of US 101 lanes northbound, according to Caltrans

Latest news from California storms (local time):

8:30 pm

The California Department of Transportation has stated that the northbound lanes of US 101, a vital lane between Los Angeles and the points north and west, have been reopened from State Route 150 to Milpas. Earlier Saturday night, Caltrans had announced the opening of southbound lanes of the highway.

Several miles of US 101 had been closed due to floods caused by severe storms.

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6:15 pm

The California Department of Transportation announced in a tweet that the South American lanes of US 101, a vital lane between Los Angeles and the North and West points, had been reopened, while the northbound lanes of the highway remain closed from State Route 150 to Milpas.

Earlier Saturday, in the Montecito area of ​​Santa Barbara County, several miles of US 101 were closed due to flooding.

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1:45 pm

A Malibu canyon area in a forest fire burnout area was evacuated as floodwater rose and mud clogged the roads during a powerful storm that swept through on southern California.

This is one of many evacuation areas

Sheriff's deputies ordered Carol Cavella, 86, to leave her home in Malibu after the nearby town of Trancas Creek threatened to flood his property. His son-in-law, Warren Bowman, says that Cavella put his cat in his car and went higher up in a Starbucks.

The highways and roads of Greater Los Angeles are closed due to flooding.

Flash flood alerts are in effect, but forecasters claim that the storm could begin to weaken tonight.

It will rain more rain Sunday and until next week.

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11:45

Mudslides in the Hills Scars in the Malibu area have closed the Pacific Coast Highway, the last major road to be closed during torrential clashes in the south of California.

Officials said Saturday that motorists must find alternate routes as crews attempt to clear PCH near the Los Angeles border. Counties of Ventura. Many canyon roads are closed in Malibu, where fires ravaged the slopes of the hills last year

Ventura County Fire Chief Brian McGrath said trees and power lines are fallen in the area. He adds that rescue teams have ripped off several motorists from cars caught in floodwaters.

Further north, US 101 was closed in burned areas of Santa Barbara County due to mud in the taxiways.

Flood warnings are in effect for many years. Southern California in the afternoon

The current storm is expected to be followed by several less powerful rainy weather systems.

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10:15

The state transportation agency has shut down a key highway in Southern California. Due to flooding after a strong storm, more than 1.27 cm of rain was dropped in five minutes.

According to Caltrans, several kilometers of US 101 are closed Saturday in Santa Barbara County due to the presence of water and mud in the alleys. The highway is a vital lane between Los Angeles and the northern and western parts.

Nearby neighborhoods in forest fire zones are subject to mandatory evacuation orders due to the high risk of debris flows.

It is in the same region as mud and rocks came raining a little over a year ago. This disaster of January 2018 killed 21 people and two others were never found.

The second storm in three days concerns flooded roads and the felling of trees in the area.

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9:15 [19659002] According to authorities, a volunteer member of the search and rescue team of a sheriff was struck by a vehicle and killed after being arrested to help at the scene of a road accident occurred on a road sign under heavy rain in Southern California.

The sheriff's sergeant from Ventura County. Eric Buschow said several people, including two other team members, had been injured in two Saturday collisions on Interstate 5.

Buschow said the team was heading towards a training exercise when she stopped to provide help in the Pyramid Lake County Los Angeles area. He says that another vehicle has engulfed him inside.

The officials did not immediately indicate whether the collisions were weather related. A powerful storm flooded the roads throughout the region.

Forecasters say that up to 1.27 centimeters of rain has been recorded in five minutes in some areas.

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8:15

The second of a series of severe storms is raging California, destroying trees, flooding roads and causing evacuations in areas burned by fires, where heavy showers could loosen bare hills and cause landslides.

The storm has shifted south (128 km / h).

Wind and wind warnings were issued in the south of the state after being raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Motorists were advised to avoid commuting.

According to the National Weather Service, parts of Greater Los Angeles could receive 10 centimeters of rain before the system runs out of steam.

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12:10 pm

A powerful storm sweeping California caused flood watches and evacuations in areas devastated by devastating fires.

The storm that began to move Friday night is expected to bring up to 4 inches of rain in some areas, winds reaching gusts of 80 mph, waves of 10 feet and up to 10 snow feet in Sierra Nevada.

Monitoring is in place until Saturday morning for the entire San Francisco Bay Area and much of the Central Coast.

Evacuations have been ordered or recommended for many areas in northern and southern California affected by forest fires in recent months. Authorities fear that an inch of rain per hour may send debris of fire, mud and rocks rolling down bare hills.

The National Weather Service indicates that more precipitation and snow could occur with cold weather systems on Sunday and Monday.