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Heavy storm in California leaves a trail of destruction 

A huge Pacific storm that parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes and leading to the deaths of at least three people, eased off yesterday. But it was only a temporary reprieve as new storms took aim farther north.
A woman with her dog stops to look at a fallen tree that crushed a car Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes.
A woman with her dog stops to look at a fallen tree that crushed a car Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. A huge Pacific storm parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads and opening sinkholes.
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Flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 in Williams, Calif. Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area were facing a weekend return of heavy rain and winds that lashed them earlier in the week before the storm moves out. (AP)
Flood water crosses over Interstate 5 at Williams backing up traffic in both north and southbound lanes for hours on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 in Williams, Calif. Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area were facing a weekend return of heavy rain and winds that lashed them earlier in the week before the storm moves out. (AP)
Inspectors examine a sinkhole Saturday in Studio City, north of Los Angeles. Two vehicles fell into the 20-foot sinkhole on Friday night and firefighters had to rescue one woman who escaped her car but was found standing on her overturned vehicle. (AP)
Inspectors examine a sinkhole Saturday in Studio City, north of Los Angeles. Two vehicles fell into the 20-foot sinkhole on Friday night and firefighters had to rescue one woman who escaped her car but was found standing on her overturned vehicle. (AP)
A fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. (AP)
A fallen tree crushes a car outside a residence on in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. (AP)
A tractor trailer fell from southbound Interstate 15 where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain. A huge Pacific storm that parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes eased off Saturday but it was only a temporary reprieve as new storms took aim farther north. (AP)
A tractor trailer fell from southbound Interstate 15 where part of the freeway collapsed due to heavy rain. A huge Pacific storm that parked itself over Southern California and unloaded, ravaging roads, opening sinkholes eased off Saturday but it was only a temporary reprieve as new storms took aim farther north. (AP)
A fallen tree crushes a car at a residence Saturday, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. (AP)
A fallen tree crushes a car at a residence Saturday, in Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles. (AP)
Neighbors walk by a fallen tree in Echo Park section of Los Angeles Saturday. (AP)
Neighbors walk by a fallen tree in Echo Park section of Los Angeles Saturday. (AP)
Two vehicles swept away into the wash as they tried crossing Hughes Road, at Doris Davies Park in Victorville, California. (AP)
Two vehicles swept away into the wash as they tried crossing Hughes Road, at Doris Davies Park in Victorville, California. (AP)
employees install wood barrier between the K-Rails on Melcanyon Road in Duarte, Calif., as homeowners view the progress only hours before the arrival of a major storm. (AP)
employees install wood barrier between the K-Rails on Melcanyon Road in Duarte, Calif., as homeowners view the progress only hours before the arrival of a major storm. (AP)
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