Flash floods inundate homes and overturn cars in San Diego as heavy rains sweep through much of US
By DENIS POROY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in Southern California as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S. Over a three-hour period on Monday, a whopping 3 inches of rain fell near San Diego. During the winter, the region typically averages around 2 inches of rain per month. Up north there’s an avalanche warning through Tuesday morning for the backcountry in the mountains around Lake Tahoe. Around the country, wintry weather and heavy rainfall is expected to continue this week, with heavy showers and thunderstorms predicted in parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and the Gulf Coast.
