{"id":378737,"date":"2025-11-14T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378737\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:53:23","slug":"socal-storm-area-braces-for-flooding-and-mudslides-as-major-atmospheric-river-storm-moves-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/378737\/","title":{"rendered":"SoCal storm: Area braces for flooding and mudslides as major atmospheric river storm moves in"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With days of rain here, driving the roads of L.A. can get treacherous. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips:<\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\" Commuters navigate heavy traffic on rain-slicked westbound 210 Freeway \"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763139202_981_\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Commuters navigate heavy traffic on rain-slicked westbound 210 Freeway<\/p>\n<p>(Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Don\u2019t enter flooded streets.<\/b> As little as 6 inches of water can cause cars to stall or knock an adult off their feet. Two feet of water can sweep a car off the road, including an SUV or pickup truck. Any amount of water means you won\u2019t be able to see what condition the road is in. Heed all road closure notifications and instructions from emergency responders.<\/p>\n<p><b>2. Turn on your headlights.<\/b> If your windshield wipers are on, your headlights should be too. <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH&amp;sectionNum=24400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It\u2019s the law.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Flooding on PCH in 2025\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763139203_271_\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Flooding on PCH in 2025<\/p>\n<p>(Carlin Stiehl\/For The Times)<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Drive slowly.<\/b> Speed limits aren\u2019t speed minimums. Leave extra time to get to your destination, and use extra caution.<\/p>\n<p><b>4. Don\u2019t tailgate:<\/b> It takes longer for vehicles to stop on wet roads, so leave even more distance than usual between your car and the one ahead.<\/p>\n<p><b>5. Check your tires.<\/b> Make sure they\u2019re properly inflated and not too bald to risk on wet streets.<\/p>\n<p>6. Watch <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/109795767-132.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our video.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With days of rain here, driving the roads of L.A. can get treacherous. Here are some tips: Commuters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":378738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[54292,7910,1582,276,153570,17473,112805,8580,2961,224,2444,5337,181763,181765,181762,17466,16776,181766,181764,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-378737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-a-m-sunday","9":"tag-area","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-california","12":"tag-debris-flow","13":"tag-eaton","14":"tag-evacuation-warning","15":"tag-flooding","16":"tag-la","17":"tag-los-angeles","18":"tag-los-angeles-times","19":"tag-losangeles","20":"tag-major-atmospheric-river-storm","21":"tag-mud","22":"tag-mudslide","23":"tag-palisades","24":"tag-risk","25":"tag-severe-weather-threat","26":"tag-socal-storm","27":"tag-southern-california"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115549098075662244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}