{"id":475505,"date":"2025-12-27T19:02:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475505\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T19:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:02:15","slug":"storm-cleanup-underway-across-southern-california-after-widespread-damage-rare-boyle-heights-tornado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475505\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm cleanup underway across Southern California after widespread damage, rare Boyle Heights tornado"},"content":{"rendered":"

The storm may be over, but the aftermath is just setting in. Cleanup efforts are underway across Southern California after widespread damage was left behind by days of rain, and a rare tornado<\/a> in one neighborhood.<\/p>\n

In Boyle Heights, crews on Saturday were assessing the damage and starting clean-up efforts after the National Weather Service confirmed an EF-O tornado touched down in the neighborhood on Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

The NWS said the tornado’s path was about a quarter-mile long and had a width of 30 yards. EF0 tornados have wind speeds between 65 mph and 85 mph.<\/p>\n

An EF-0 tornado touched down in Boyle Heights on Christmas Day, leaving behind damaged roofs, broken windows and debris, the National Weather Service confirmed.<\/p>\n

Cameras on Whittier Boulevard near Lorena Street captured violent winds sending debris flying. Two windows were blown out at a Mexican restaurant in a strip mall. Signs were torn from buildings, and portions of rooftops were seen flying through the air.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News spoke to neighbors who watched as a roof in the neighborhood was blown off.<\/p>\n

From mud to flooded streets, a Christmas week storm caused hundreds of traffic accidents and severe damage, even ripping off the roof of a home.<\/p>\n

Over in the mountain community of Wrightwood, which saw heavy rains, mudslides caused damage<\/a>, and the storm also knocked out power for thousands of SoCal Edison customers.<\/p>\n

Video shows Oriole Road buried after a river of water sent mud, debris and charred wood down the mountain and into the homes below.<\/p>\n

Several feet of mud buried cars and left streets coated in rain-soaked sludge.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, all evacuation orders and warnings in Los Angeles were lifted as of 6 p.m. Friday. The flood watch issued by the National Weather Service for the city was also lifted.<\/p>\n

The separate evacuation order for the Riverwood neighborhood in the Sunland-Tujunga area due a release of water from the Tujunga Dam by county public works crews was also lifted.<\/p>\n

The Palisades Recreation Center, Rustic Canyon Recreation Center and Crestwood Hills Recreation Center are set to be reopened Saturday after being closed, Mayor Karen Bass announced.<\/p>\n

The 1.23 inches of rain that fell in downtown Los Angeles Friday was a record for Dec. 26, breaking the previous record of 1.2 inches set in 1977. A record was also set at Long Beach Airport, 1.39 inches, erasing the previous record of 1.14 inches set in 2019.<\/p>\n

City News Service contributed to this report.<\/p>\n

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