The powerful storm blew in from the Pacific Ocean, hitting California on Friday with high winds and heavy rain that downed power lines, leaving 60 000 people in the Los Angeles area without power and prompting hundreds of flight delays and cancellations at airports. Numerous arriving and departing flights were delayed or canceled at the state's airports, including more than 300 alone at Los Angeles International Airport. Another man was electrocuted in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles when power lines, taken out by a falling tree, hit his car. Two people are dead after the strongest storm to hit southern California in years moved into the Los Angeles area on Friday, bringing torrential rain, flash floods and powerful winds.
Severe storms in southern California prompt flash flood warnings over most of southern and central California, toppling trees and power lines, and delaying over 300 flights from Los Angeles International Airport. Since the largest El Nino of 1997-98 and 2009-10.