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Downpours flood 405 Freeway, send tree crashing onto car

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Downpours flood 405 Freeway, send tree crashing onto car

The impacts of Monday’s powerful storm are being felt around the Southland as rainwaters flooded a portion of the 405 Freeway in Long Beach and a large tree was toppled in Woodland Hills.

Sky 5 was over the southbound 405 Freeway near Cherry Avenue where a SigAlert was issued as motorists confined to the carpool area plowed through roughly a foot of water.

Video showed a big rig was even struggling to pass through the water shortly after 8 a.m.

A portion of the 405 Freeway flooded in Long Beach on Jan. 22, 2024. (KTLA)

A crew could be seen attempting to locate and clear the freeway’s drains in hopes the water would be allowed to recede.

Backup on the southbound side of the freeway was already extending into the Carson area. Traffic was also being affected on the northbound side with delays back to the 605 Freeway.

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The flooding had subsided by 9 a.m. allowing officials to cancel the SigAlert.

Meanwhile, a car was crushed by a falling tree as rain poured down on a Woodland Hills neighborhood Monday.

A tree came crashing down on a car in Woodland Hills on Jan. 22, 2024.
A tree came crashing down on a car in Woodland Hills on Jan. 22, 2024.

A resident in the 23000 block of Sylvan Street shared an image showing the large tree after it came to a rest on the hood of a white four-door Toyota sedan.

The incident comes as heavy downpours are falling across the Southland.

Forecasters are calling for about an inch of rain to fall in many areas, mostly during the morning hours on Monday.

Larger amounts may be recorded in areas where thunderstorms are possible later in the day.

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L.A. police in pursuit of suspected car thief

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Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department are in pursuit of a person behind the wheel of a vehicle that has been reported stolen. Preliminary, though unconfirmed, details suggest the suspect stole the vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai, in downtown L.A., near the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets. The suspect is believed to have struck […]

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2 women killed after being struck by BMW in Orange County intersection

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An investigation is underway after two women were struck and killed by a driver in Orange County on Monday night. Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls around 9 p.m. reporting that a BMW had hit two pedestrians at the intersection of Magnolia and Cerritos avenues in Stanton, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson confirmed. When deputies […]

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Jurors to decide who's financially responsible for Iskander boys' deaths

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Closing arguments were held today in the civil trial to determine the financial responsibility for the deaths of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, who were hit and killed while crossing the street with their family in Westlake Village in September of 2020. Jurors will decide how much responsibility two defendants bear for the […]

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