A powerful atmospheric river batters California with floods, mudslides, and outages as Gov. Newsom declares emergency in multiple counties.

A record-setting holiday rainstorm disrupted much of California on Christmas, swamping major highways, shutting down airport runways and prompting tornado warnings.

Heavy rain storms across large parts of California triggered floods and mudslides and left three dead as of Christmas night, local officials said. The storms - which were expected to continue through Friday - brought 11 inches (27 cms) of rainfall to some parts of Los Angeles County,

Heavy rainfall doused the Los Angeles area on Christmas Eve, forcing evacuations and leaving some residents in need of rescue as the water rose.

Officials warned that driving would remain hazardous across much of the state, with heavy rain still to fall in some places that broke records on Christmas Eve.

The storms - which were expected to continue through Friday - brought 11 inches (27 cms) of rainfall to some parts of Los Angeles County, prompted evacuations and shut down major roads. Emergency responders have had to perform several rescues,

At least three people have died and more than 110,000 homes and businesses faced power outages on Christmas Day after a powerful winter storm struck California and broke rainfall records on Wednesday,

Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and