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| Dazzling:A lightning storm was caught on camera from the Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, California on Saturday |
New rainfall records were set over the weekend in southern and central California
The two areas experienced a second day of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday
July is typically the driest month of the year in Southern California
California entered its fourth straight year of drought in 2015, and mandatory water restrictions were ordered in April
In an unusual turn of events, the Los Angeles Angels were rained out at home for the first time in 20 years Sunday
The rare storm allowed firefighters to contain 60 percent of a wildfire that swept across a California interstate
Authorities were forced to close 70 miles of beaches on Saturday due to lightning concerns
For years, Californians have been praying for rain - and now this.
The Golden State's widespread drought led to a state emergency being declared in January 2014 by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The drought hit the grim milestone of its fourth straight year this January - and in April, Brown ordered mandatory water restrictions.
A number of celebrities' lawns, including those owned by Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, Khloe Kardashian, Barbara Streisand, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Lopez and Hugh Hefner, appeared green in aerial photographs published in May by Daily Mail Online.
And a Southern California water district voted Wednesday night to accept Tom Selleck's offer of more than $21,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the 'Magnum, P.I.' star of taking water he wasn't entitled to for his 60-acre ranch.
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| Aftermath of Fridays fire |
But when it rains, it pours.
New rainfall records were set over the weekend in southern and central California. The two areas experienced a second day of showers and thunderstorms on Sunday -- in what is usually a dry month.
In an unusual turn of events, the Los Angeles Angels were rained out at home for the first time in 20 years Sunday.
Heavy downpours forced the postponement of their game against the Boston Red Sox. The team will host its first doubleheader since 2003 on Monday.
The Angels were rained out at home for just the 16th time in their 55-year franchise history. They hadn't even had a rain delay in a
stretch of 359 regular-season home games since April 24, 2011.
The rare summer storm also allowed firefighters to contain 60 percent of a wildfire that swept across a California interstate highway, torched vehicles and sent people running for their lives.
An elevated section of Interstate 10 collapsed Sunday amid heavy rains in a remote desert area, leaving one driver injured, stranding many others and preventing travel for thousands by cutting off the main corridor in both directions between Southern California and Arizona.
A bridge for eastbound traffic about 15 feet above a normally dry wash about 50 miles west of the Arizona state gave way and ended up in the flooding water below, the California Highway Patrol said, blocking all traffic headed toward Arizona.
The westbound section of the freeway near the tiny town of Desert Center remained intact, but traffic was being stopped while it was inspected for safety, and a pair of small nearby highways that could possibly serve as detours were also closed.
No timeframe has been given for when the westbound side would be reopened or for when the eastbound side might be repaired.
That means those seeking to travel between California and Arizona late Sunday or early Monday would be forced to go hundreds of miles out of their way to Interstate 8 to the south or Interstate 40 to the north.
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Transportation officials recommended travelers on the east side of the collapse use U.S. Highway 95 to get to the other freeways, and state routes 247 and 86 on the California side.
One driver had to be rescued from a pickup truck that crashed in the collapse and was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, the Riverside County Fire Department said. A passenger from the truck was able to get out without help and wasn't hurt.
'The 10 is a dire situation,' California transportation spokeswoman Terri Kasinga told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.
Pamala Browne, 53, and her daughter were driving from Flagstaff, Arizona to Palm Desert, California when they got stranded when the westbound lanes were shutdown.
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| Truck been pulled out of Ditch caused by the rain on Sunday |
Rain fell Sunday afternoon in parts of Los Angeles County's mountains, the valley north and inland urban areas to the east. The city also was expected to get a late repeat of Saturday's scattered showers and occasional downpours as remnants of tropical storm Dolores brought warm, muggy conditions northward.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Dolores provided slight drought relief and caused minor inconveniences for Los Angeles Angels fans, who hadn't lost a game to rain since June 16, 1995.
'Unfortunately, I guess you never really know how your drainage system works until you get enough water,' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said after the first home rainout of his 16-year tenure in Anaheim.
He continued: 'There's so much standing water in that outfield that just has nowhere to go. It's going to be like that all night, probably be like that (Monday) morning. ... The field was unplayable, with no way to remedy that.'
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| Aid: A California Highway Patrol officer and a passer-by assist a stranded motorist in the flooded 14th Street underpass in Riverside, following a brief downpour Sunday |
According to David Ortiz, the Red Sox are the reason for this unusually rainy season.
;We bring bad weather everywhere,' Big Papi said. 'Everywhere we go, it rains. That's us. It's not California. It's us. Seriously, wherever we go, we bring rain. Every series we go to, there's some rain going on, so I'm not surprised about this.'
The San Diego Padres were also affected by the rain. The team's game against Colorado also was rained out in Southern California, which is normally drenched only in sun. It was the Padres' first rainout since 2006.
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