(Pacific Coast Highway is reduced to one lane from three at the California Incline due to mud and debris being washed down from the bluffs in Santa Monica, Calif., as a powerful storm moves into Southern California Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
A major rain storm underway in California has already caused significant damage throughout the Los Angeles area on Friday night.
A portion of Interstate 15 was washed away, KABC reporter Rob McMillan said, leaving a San Bernardino County fire truck teetering off the side of the road. It didn't stay there. The truck tumbled off the highway, as seen in the video below:
INCREDIBLE VIDEO: part of SB I-15 is washed away; fire engine tumbles off the side; fortunately no one hurt pic.twitter.com/5VMzQEBlqa
No one was hurt, McMillan said. Heavy rainfall in California is particularly hazardous because of the possibility of mudslides, sinkholes, and other perils.
This was the Santa Clara River in the Los Angeles County suburb of Santa Clarita earlier in the day:
The Santa Clara River is rushing through @santaclarita right now. STAY AWAY from rivers & channels during #LARain. #StormWatch pic.twitter.com/oF6PbkaqVr
Two cars fell into a sinkhole in Studio City, about seven miles northwest of Hollywood:
Holy crap! >>> Two cars falling into a sinkhole in Studio City. https://t.co/OcoSksTMe5 pic.twitter.com/akevgkP4kj via @nbcbayarea #LARain
More sinkhole action in Studio City:
#amazing #video as 2nd vehicle falls into sinkhole in #studiocity . 2 drivers escape serious injury. Latest on the #sinkhole at 11pm @ABC7 pic.twitter.com/A068vejkfG
And a tree fell into a building in Westwood:
Ouch! No one hurt... Luckily! This is on Kelton in Westwood #LARain @FOXLA @GDLA pic.twitter.com/zRluqnqGaf
The severe storm could bring California's heaviest rainfall in six years, after months of wet weather that has dramatically eased California's years-long drought, Reuters reported.
The heavy rain and melting snowpack threatened to undermine a spillway at one of the largest dams in the country, which prompted the evacuation of 188,000 residents earlier this week.
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