California officials and weather forecasters urged holiday travelers to avoid the roads on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ahead of a series of powerful winter storms that threatened to slam the state with relentless rains, heavy winds and mountain snow through Friday.

From a snowstorm in the Sierra, extreme rain in Los Angeles and a tornado risk in populated parts of California, holiday travel will be treacherous across the state.

An atmospheric river is set to soak large parts of California through Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, raising concerns about flooding. The post Dangerous holiday storm slams California, flooding threatens travel appeared first on Straight Arrow News.

Back-to-back atmospheric rivers will bring rain, wind, and snow to California, creating travel challenges through Christmas week.

Californians looking to traverse the state by car during the holiday week can expect to face a potentially historic dose of wet weather and should exercise extreme caution — and even be ready to alter travel plans,

Southern California holiday travel is set to hit a record 10.2M people this year. See the best times to drive and the freeways to avoid if possible.

A daunting rainfall forecast isn’t expected to stop Californians or the rest of the U.S. from traveling in record numbers over the end-of-year holiday season.

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